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troaking

troaking is the present participle and gerund 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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Questions about troaking

What is troaking the present participle and gerund of?
Troaking is the present participle and gerund of troak.

Words near troaking in the dictionary

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

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