10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THREAPER»
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The English dialect dictionary
Shr.l Hence (1) Threaper, sb. a contentious, argumentative person ; (2)
Threapground, sb. a name given to the ' debateable lands' on the Border; land
the ownership of which is disputed; (3) Threaping,ppl. adj. argumentative,
contentious, ...
... a pretty rmmdzsuin, lpurdhased a;-respectable ooarpetiencyvirr the threaper-
cents, and wisely retired 00 Millennium Place-' ' Neitherrobiek norchild had 8he,:
nhm'five grey parrots, one pair ofparroquets, three squirrels, and a tortoise-shell ...
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English Language Word Builder
... SHOWERER SIGNALER SIMPERER SLALOMER SMIRCHER SNITCHER
SNIVELER SQUAILER SQUALLER SQUAWKER STARCHER STITCHERy
STRANDER SUNDERER SWITCHER TABOURER THIRSTER THREADER
THREAPER ...
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Encyclopedia of Chronology: Historical and Biographical
Mllrnnn. Threaper Cent Gonsols, Annuitita,—creuted by Act 2-5 Geo. II. c. 27,
1751. _ Threshin laehine,—i1nproved, 17 58—improved by Throcmorton,
Franols,—e1ecuted for treason. 10 Jul. 1584.. Throemorton, John,—cxecuted for
treason, ...
Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward, William Leist Readwin Cates,
1872
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English Place-Name Society
B. (a) Threpehurst 2 301, Threphurstisclok 1 66. D. (a) Threaphurst 1 287, Threap
-Meadow 2 142, Threap Wd 3 89. f*J>rëapere OE, threaper ModE, 'one who
disputes' (cf. J>rëap, -ere). A. (a) PThreeper's Drumble. fthree-cornered ModE,
adj., ...
English Place-Name Society,
1981
... that a completely non-scientific, idiosyncratic substitute would be The Threaper
— that which argues, debates and haggles. So, from now on, each time I sit down
to write a r*d*o play I'll say to myself: I am entering the land of The Threaper.
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The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire: Lower & ...
... Stanistons Flatt (Littelstandandstan 13, 'little standing stone', ME standande,
stän), Steile close 1708 (v. stigel 'stile'), Threaper Flatt (dial, threaper '
quarrelsome person' (cf. prëap), perhaps as a surname, flat), Waiter Close (the
Walter closes ...
Threaper Cent. Ann. 1751, Tuesday and Thursday - - - Tickets for preparing the
Transfer of Stock must be given in at the respective Offices before One o'Clock—
at the India House before two o'Cloek. Private Transfers ma be made at other ...
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The Place-names of Cheshire: sect.1:i. Place-names of the ...
A. (a) Threaphurst, Threap- wood, PThreeper's Drumble, Trepwode 3 96. B. (a)
Threpehurst 2 301, Threphurstisclok 1 66. D. (a) Threaphurst 1 287, Threap-
Meadow 2 142, Threap Wd 3 89. f*prëapere OE, threaper ModE, ' one who
disputes ...
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... AEEKPRSS RESPEAKS AEELPRSU PLEASURE AEEGINRS ANERGIES
AEEGRSTT GREATEST AEEHPRRT THREAPER MATINEES SPEAKERS
AEELPRSV VESPERAL GESNERIA AEEGSSTT GESTATES AEEHPRSS
RESHAPES ...
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... sajous (a capuchin, a monkey), qi (the vital force in Chinese thought), flyboats (a small, fast boat), trigo (wheat) and threaper (one that threaps, disputes). «FiveThirtyEight, Aug 14»