tradefallen
tradefallen adjective: out of work or business, unemployed.
Adjective
tradefallen (comparative more tradefallen, superlative most tradefallen)
- out of work or business, unemployed
- [D]iſcarded, vniuſt ſeruingmen, yonger ſonnes to yonger brothers, reuolted tapſters, and Oſtlers, tradefalne, the cankers of a calme world, and a long peace, ten times more diſhonourable ragged then an olde fazd ancient, […]c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]
- In thee I defye all men, there worſt hates, / And their beſt flatteries, all their golden witchcrafts, / With which they intangle the poore ſpirits of fooles, / Diſtreſſed needlewomen and trade-fallne wiues. / Fiſh that muſt needs bite, or themſelues be bitten, / Such hungry things as theſe may...c. 1607–1610 (date written), Thomas Middleton; Thomas Dekker, The Roaring Girle. Or Moll Cut-purse. […], London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Thomas Archer, […], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the...
Forms of tradefallen
| comparative | more tradefallen |
|---|---|
| superlative | most tradefallen |
Origin of tradefallen
From trade + fallen.
Questions about tradefallen
- What does tradefallen mean?
- Tradefallen means out of work or business, unemployed.
- What part of speech is tradefallen?
- Tradefallen is an adjective.
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