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thropple - What does it mean?

Definition of 'thropple'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • larynx, windpipe
  • *{{quote-book|year=1875|author=E. R. Billings|title=Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|chapter=|edition= citation
    • |passage=In the sentiment of the following lines on "A pipe of Tobacco" by John Usher, all lovers of the plant will heartily join: "Let the toper regale in his tankard of ale, Or with alcohol moisten his thropple , Only give me I pray, a good pipe of soft clay, Nicely tapered, and thin in the stopple; And I shall puff, puff, let who will say enough, No luxury else I'm in lack o', No malice I hoard, 'gainst Queen, Prince, Duke or Lord, While I pull at my pipe of Tobacco. }}
  • *{{quote-book|year=1919|author=Frederic Moorman|title=More Tales of the Ridings|chapter=|edition= citation
    • |passage="'He'll do nowt o' the sort,' I answered; 'and he wi' a hoast in his thropple like a badly cow. }}

    Verb

    (throppl)
  • (obsolete) to throttle

    • Similar to 'thropple'

    trouble, tribble, terrible, turophile, truffle, thurible, tropolone, thrapple, triplane, thribble, triflate, tripline, throwable, tyreable, traplike, trapline, turflike, thripple, tribelike, tearable, triplike, tripole, tribulate, toruffle, turrible, triable, triplite, tribalize, terpilene, trivalve, traphole, trowable