thoil
thoil verb: to be able to justify the expense of.
Verb
thoil (third-person singular simple present thoils, present participle thoiling, simple past and past participle thoiled)
- To be able to justify the expense of.
- Aw lov'd them red shoon but Aw coun't thoil em in addition to t'new dress Aw'd bowt.
- But yon poor widder-woman, strugglin' along on a bit of a pension, 'ad nowt left but two coppers - but sh' thoiled it, an' put it in, all t' same!1996, Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society
Forms of thoil
| third-person singular present | thoils |
|---|---|
| present participle | thoiling |
| past participle | thoiled |
| past | thoiled |
Origin of thoil
Variant of thole, from Middle English tholen, tholien, from Old English þolian (“to bear; endure”). Cognate with Scots thoil. More at thole.
Words that rhyme with thoil
Questions about thoil
- What does thoil mean?
- Thoil means to be able to justify the expense of.
- What part of speech is thoil?
- Thoil is a verb.
- What is the past tense of thoil?
- The past tense of thoil is thoiled.
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