Trapes
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Trapes is a verb meaning (seldom in use since about WWII, colloquial) A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.
Meaning
(seldom in use since about WWII, colloquial) A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.
More Meanings
- Alternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI
Example Sentences
From door to door I'd sooner whine and beg, ¶ Than marry such a trapes.
But when he found the sullen Trapes ¶ Possest with th’ Devil, Worms, and Claps,
Since full each other ſtation of renown, ¶ Who would not be the greatest Trapes in town?
Word Forms
- trapeses
- trapesing
- trapesed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include snare, entrap, ensnare, trammel, pin, hole.
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