Trapes vs Tropes - What's the difference?
trapes | tropes |
(obsolete, colloquial) A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.
* Hudibras
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As verbs the difference between trapes and tropes
is that trapes is while tropes is (trope).As nouns the difference between trapes and tropes
is that trapes is or trapes can be (obsolete|colloquial) a slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman while tropes is .trapes
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(es)Etymology 2
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?
