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troaked

troaked is the simple past and past participle of troak.

Meaning of troak

Verb

troak (third-person singular simple present troaks, present participle troaking, simple past and past participle troaked)

  1. (Scotland) To barter or trade, especially outside a government monopoly.
    • What's this for cash your tapster troaks, / That colics and affronts the fowks?1812, William Rankin, “A Friendly Hint to a Porter Brewer”, in Poems, on Different Subjects, Archibald Allardice, page 97
    Synonyms:
    swap, swop
  2. (Scotland) To carry out familiar intercourse.
    • In those days, when Prince and Adam were my heroes, I had no "troakings" with lassies. "Troakings" came afterwards, and these deserve a whole essay to themselves.1901, J. H. Balfour Browne, “‘Roaring Games’”, in Essays in Paradox, Longmans, Green & Co., page 152

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What is troaked the simple past and past participle of?
Troaked is the simple past and past participle of troak.

Words near troaked in the dictionary

  1. troach drop
  2. troad
  3. troade
  4. troads
  5. troak
  6. troaked
  7. troaking
  8. troaks
  9. Troas
  10. troat
  11. troated

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