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Meaning of trapes | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI
    alt-of, alternative
  2. A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.
    colloquial

Examples

“He found the sullen trapes / Possest with th' devil, worms, and claps.”
“From door to door I'd sooner whine and beg, / Than marry such a trapes.”
“Since full each other station of renown, / Who would not be the greatest trapes in town?”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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