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Trades vs Trapes - What's the difference?

trades | trapes |

As verbs the difference between trades and trapes

is that trades is while trapes is .

As a noun trapes is

or trapes can be (obsolete|colloquial) a slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.

trades

English

Noun

(head)
  • (only as plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
    • They rode the trades going west.
  • (only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
    • Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (trade)

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    trapes

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    • Noun

    (es)

    • Etymology 2

    See trape.

    Noun

  • (obsolete, colloquial) A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.
  • * Hudibras
    • He found the sullen trapes / Possest with th' devil, worms, and claps.
  • * Gay
    • From door to door I'd sooner whine and beg, / Than marry such a trapes .
  • * Young
    • Since full each other station of renown, / Who would not be the greatest trapes in town?

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