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trapan

British

/ trəˈpæn /

verb

a variant spelling of trepan 1

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trapanner

noun

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Trepan was formerly trapan, and belongs to trap— "Some by the nose with fumes trapan 'em, As Dunstan did the devil's grannam."

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

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