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Definition of Thrutched
1. thrutch [v] - See also: thrutch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrutched
Literary usage of Thrutched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"... v. to push, to press, to crowd; and, figuratively, thrutched is to be troubled
or distressed. A narrow ravine on the river ..."
2. A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect by John Howard Nodal, George Milner (1875)
"Ism. There wur three folk i' that hole that wur as ill l8'5' thrutched i' their
minds as ony poor ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1843)
"... very bad after they have done their day's work, that they cannot bear it
touching." William Holt : " Some thrutched with their head, because they cannot ..."
4. Lean's Collectanea by Vincent Stuckey Lean, Julia Lucy Woodward (1902)
"... and thrutched, ie heaped up and pressed down.— measure, where the top is
levelled with a stick], and N., V., x. 284. He feeds like a freeholder of ..."
5. Old Country and Farming Words: Gleaned from Agricultural Books by James Britten (1880)
"It is the whey which is thrutched or squeezed out whilst the cheese is in the
last press (a powerful one). It runs out nearly white, and is thicker than the ..."
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