trachle
Americannoun
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an exhausting effort, especially walking or working.
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an exhausted or bedraggled person.
verb (used with object)
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to fatigue; tire; wear out.
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to bedraggle.
Etymology
Origin of trachle
1540–50; < Dutch dialect tragelen to walk laboriously; compare Dutch traag sluggish
Example Sentences
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Ye maun mind, laddie, that they're no clever and learned like what ye are, but juist plain country fouk, ilka ane wi' his ain temptation, an' a' sair trachled wi' mony cares o' this world.
From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Maclaren, Ian
He wants to be ready for his kingdom, just as he trachled in the bit schule o' Drumtochty for Edinboro'.
From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Maclaren, Ian
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