Drapes vs Trapes - What's the difference?
drapes | trapes |
(plurale tantum) Heavy cloth hung over a window.
(drape)
(obsolete, colloquial) A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.
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As nouns the difference between drapes and trapes
is that drapes is heavy cloth hung over a window while trapes is obsolete spelling of lang=en.As verbs the difference between drapes and trapes
is that drapes is third-person singular of drape while trapes is obsolete spelling of lang=en.drapes
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See trape.Noun
- He found the sullen trapes / Possest with th' devil, worms, and claps.
- From door to door I'd sooner whine and beg, / Than marry such a trapes .
- Since full each other station of renown, / Who would not be the greatest trapes in town?
