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Examples
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Yis, low be it sphoken, but 'thrapped' 's the wurrud, "said the old woman, raising her voice to give emphasis that told a lurid tale.
Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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She had the gist of an idea " maybe " when someone thrapped on the door.
The Spellsong War Modesitt, L. E. 1998
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The hull was so damaged that it had for some time been secured by cables, which were served or thrapped round it.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 1993
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The hull, also, was so greatly damaged, that it had for some time been secured and kept together merely by having cables properly served or thrapped round.
The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 James Harrison
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Oi knew ye would be thrapped thot same noight, Misther Merriwell, an 'Oi rode loike th' ould bhoy to cut yez off an 'get me finger in the poie.
Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win Burt L. Standish 1905
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Connor, the lowest av the low, an 'it's meself was all agin her, wid her proide an' her dirthy sthuck-up ways 'nothin' but boughten things wuz good enough fur her, _her_ that niver had a dacint male till she thrapped moi Larry.
Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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"You've lost a woman that would ha 'wore her hand to the bone for your pleasure; an' 'deed, Terence, ye were not thrapped ...."
Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900
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"You've lost a woman that would ha 'wore her hand to the bone for your pleasure; an' 'deed, Terence, ye were not thrapped ..."
Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling 1900
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'You've lost a woman that would ha' wore her hand to the bone for your pleasure; an '' deed, Terence, ye were not thrapped .... '
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The hull was so damaged that it had for some time been secured by cables, which were served or thrapped round it.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Robert Southey 1808
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