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Definition of Hirple
1. Verb. (intransitive Scotland northern UK) to walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hirple
1. to limp [v -PLED, -PLING, -PLES] - See also: limp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hirple
Literary usage of Hirple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Walter Scott (1878)
"... and I 'll e'en hirple awa there wi' the wean, for it will knock its harns out,
puir thing, if there's no somebody to guide the pony. ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1820)
"Speak lowne, and hirple away, ye donard body, ... sac basten and hirple awav, my
man, for the hct de'il ..."
3. Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases, as Used in by B. Kirkby (1898)
"Ye'll o' happen think on 't noo. Ah wonder what auld Parson Harrison wad think
aboot us an' oor memo ways aboot t' words 'at he used. hirple ..."
4. Dog Breaking: The Most Expeditious, Certain, and Easy Method, Whether Great by William Nelson Hutchinson (1882)
"I hirple J on. When the dog maks a point, doon gang the crutches—the laddie takes
haud o' me, and though my legs is neither ..."
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