thrappling

Verb

thrapple (third-person singular simple present thrapples, present participle thrappling, simple past and past participle thrappled)

1. (Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated, transitive) To strangle, to throttle.
   • Then Mr. Weft began his tale, how he had been collared and well nigh thrappled in his ain shop; [...]1827 September, “The Monkey. [From Blackwood’s Magazine.]”, in Oliver Oldschool [pseudonym; John Elihu Hall], editor, The Port Folio, volume II (volume XXII overall), number 293, Philadelphia, Pa....

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