thrapple
/ (ˈθræpəl) Scot /
the throat or windpipe
to throttle
Origin of thrapple
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How to use thrapple in a sentence
Do the folk think I hae another thrapple in my pouch after John Highlandman's sneeked this ane wi' his joctaleg?
Rob Roy, Complete, Illustrated | Sir Walter ScottGod knows I have not much of a voice myself, but I'm full of nobler airs than ever crossed my rusty thrapple.
Bud | Neil MunroMan, it seeps doon through your thrapple into your lungs, an' there's nae hoastin' o' it up.
Betty Grier | Joseph WaughBut, luckily, he remembered the goose's thrapple, and he pulled it out of his pocket and whistled through it.
The Scottish Fairy Book | Elizabeth W. GriersonThe minnit he seen the man inside in the kitchen, he stuck in his thrapple at wanst.
All-Hallow Eve; or, The Test of Futurity. | Robert Curtis
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