trauchle

[trah-khuhl]

noun

Scot.

trauchled, trauchling 

1. trachle.

trauchle

/ ˈtrɒxəl /

noun

1. work or a task that is tiring, monotonous, and lengthy

verb

1. (intr) to walk or work slowly and wearily

Word History and Origins

Origin of trauchle¹

C19: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

He did kind o' revive after his dram, an' wi' nae sma' trauchle they got him to his bed.

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Lyin' here, I'm wonderin' what ma life's been—juist a fecht to get the denner ready, and a fecht to get the tea ready, an' a terrible trauchle on the washin'-days.

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"Maist fowk thinks it'll be a braw place, whaur there'll be nae trauchle or trouble wi' onything; but I doot we maun juist tak' the Bible for't, lads, an' hae faith that it'll be a' richt, whatever wey it comes aboot."

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There's no' muckle hertnin' for a woman when she's left to trauchle day oot day in wi' seven litlans, an' a thrawn-gabbit footer o' a man juist comin' in at diet times, rennyin' aboot first ae thing an' syne anither, threapin' that his porritch is no' half boiled, simmerin' an' winterin' aboot haen to wait a meenit or twa for his denner or his tea.

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I'm shure I needna trauchle to haud in aboot the bawbees!

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