Lexicographical Neighbors of Trapesing
Literary usage of Trapesing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Words Used in South-west Lincolnshire: (Wapentake of Graffoe) by Robert Eden George Cole (1886)
"I never knowed a woman go trapesing about like yon. TRASH-BAGS, s.—A worthless,
good-for-nothing fellow. That son of hern's a regular trashbags. ..."
2. She Stoops to Conquer, Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, Joseph Malaby Dent (1900)
"'trapesing'; to trapes or trape (Germ. trappen) is to trail along in an untidy
manner; ... How am I to go trapesing to Kensington . . . "Esmond, II. xv. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"trapesing, part, walking. " I've been trapesing the streets all day to try and
find my man" (husband). ..."
4. A Treasury of Plays for Children by Montrose Jonas Moses (1921)
"It's very much more pleasant to live together so, Than trapesing round the country
or than ... Than trapesing round the country or than being in a show. ..."
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