Thrapple
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθɹæp(ə)l/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thrapple is a noun meaning (transitive, chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) To strangle, to throttle.
Meaning
(transitive, chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) To strangle, to throttle.
More Meanings
- (chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) The throat, especially the gullet or windpipe.
Example Sentences
I hif a gude mind to ſwallow you, gin I kent your back widna ſtick in my thrapple.
Luok, leyke mad bulls they bang about, / Wi' shouts their thropples rivan, / Wheyle whup for smack the rabble rout, / Are yen owr tother drivan; [...]
Sara sent twice for the measure of George's Neck—he wondered, Sara should be such a fool, she might have measured William's or Coleridge's, as all poets' Thropples were of one Size.
Do you, Maister Francis, opine that ye will re-establish your father's credit by cutting your kinsman's thrapple, or getting your ain sneckit instead thereof in the College-yards of Glasgow?
Word Forms
- thrapples
- thropple
- thrappling
- thrappled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thropple, throat, thurl, thirl, thrussy, thrusher.
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