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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Well, say, as the tramp says, 'Me stomach tinks me troat's cut.'
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In one of the lines I have quoted there occurs the word "troat."
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He's come in, fin' tree, four mans seeck on de troat, cough, cough, sore, bad.
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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.
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He comes to London, and finding out that he is wrong with his "dhrink," he leaves out all the h's he can, and thus comes to "troat."
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