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
Irrelevant questions I like to ask: Can you reap the tret as well as the tare?
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
I'll warrant, Mr. Johnston, that not even you can catch him napping with a problem in tare and tret.
From The Mutineers by Hawes, Charles Boardman
He had been "tret somefink crool," he declared, but without entering into particulars, for which Dollar did not press; but on the character of Mostyn Scarth there were no such reservations.
From The Crime Doctor by Hornung, Ernest William
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 Hornung, Ernest William
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