troat
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of troat
C17: probably related to Old French trout, trut , a cry used by hunters to urge on the dogs
Example Sentences
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Dese are confections, electuaries, sirups, conserves, ointments, odoraments, cerates, and gargarisms, for de skin, for de stomach, for de pruises and wounds, for de troat, and every ting pesides.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.
Den dey sen' for Dog an' tole him dat if he fin' a salt beef bone in de road, he mus' not pick it up, 'cos it mek him rough in his troat.
From The Junior Classics — Volume 1 by Patten, William
At the end of the village "she begun to scraich, yer Anner, wid that shtrength you'd think she'd shplit her troat."
From Irish Wonders by McAnally, D. R. (David Russell)
In one of the lines I have quoted there occurs the word "troat."
From Thackeray by Trollope, Anthony
In all mine land of Nederland, Dere crows no mead or wein, Und wasser I couldt nefer get Indo dis troat of mein.
From The Breitmann Ballads by Leland, Charles Godfrey
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