thorp

Definitions

1. A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.
   archaic
2. A surname.
3. A ghost town in South Branch Township, Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
4. A census-designated place in Kittitas County, Washington, United States.
5. A city and town in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.
6. A suburb of Royton, Oldham borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9108).

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Examples

“Within a little thorp I staid.”

“A plague upon the people fell, / A famine after laid them low, / Then thorpe and byre arose in fire, / For on them brake the sudden foe; […]”

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