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trapesed

trapesed is the simple past and past participle of trapes.

Meaning of trapes

Noun

trapes

  1. (colloquial, seldom in use since about WWII) A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.
    • But when he found the sullen Trapes ¶ Possest with th’ Devil, Worms, and Claps,1677 (indicated as 1678), [Samuel Butler], “[The Third Part of Hudibras]. Canto II.”, in Hudibras. The Third and Last Part. […], London: […] Robert Horne, […], published 1679, →OCLC; republished in...

Questions about trapesed

What is trapesed the simple past and past participle of?
Trapesed is the simple past and past participle of trapes.

Words near trapesed in the dictionary

  1. trapdooring
  2. trapdoors
  3. trape
  4. traped
  5. trapes
  6. trapesed
  7. trapeses
  8. trapesing
  9. trapesings
  10. trapezate
  11. trapeze

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