tret
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tret
1490–1500; < Anglo-French, variant of trait act of drawing; see trait
Example Sentences
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After that, Bach was the appropriate encore, and the group played his gorgeous final chorale, “Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit,” with Ms. Figueroa soaring in the theme and the others offering sensitive, moving support.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2013
That's 'ow they've tret me—somefink crool—wuss than wot you'd treat a dawg wot give you 'ydrophobia.
From The Crime Doctor by Ernest William Hornung
The use of insurance would be much wider and its benefits greater if this "tare and tret" of doing the business could be reduced.
From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Frank Albert Fetter
With thirty classes a day and failing health, he whose brain was "fairly teeming with beautiful things" was shut up to the horrible monotony of the "tear and tret" of the schoolroom.
From A Biography of Sidney Lanier by Edwin Mims
At length, safe arrived, I went thro' "tare and tret," Delivered my goods in the primest condition.
From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by William Michael Rossetti
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