threep
/ (θriːp) /
verb
a variant spelling of threap
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How to use threep in a sentence
Thrape or threep; to assert vehemently, boldly, and in a manner not to brook contradiction.
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceMess, lads, but he'd be a reet good Parli'ment man to threep about the nation.
A Son of Hagar | Sir Hall CaineBut if they keep up this slavery threep, they'll fight till one side has won and the other side is clean whipped forever.
The Measure of a Man | Amelia Edith Huddleston BarrHe will keep up his threep like a gamecock till he dies with it in his last crow.
Playing With Fire | Amelia Edith Huddleston Barrthreep and argue as we may, you and I are both mortals—more's the pity.
The Parisians, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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