(person) by Vulgar Tongue 1811 Fri May 06 2005 at 2:50:24
TRAPES
A slatternly woman, a careless sluttish woman.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:54:22

Trapes (?), n. [See Trape.]

A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.

[Obs. or Colloq.]

 

© Webster 1913.

Trapes, v. i.

To go about in an idle or slatternly fashion; to trape; to traipse.

[Colloq.]

Thackeray.

 

© Webster 1913.

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