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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1883-1999
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TRAIPSE, v., n. Also trap(e)s, treps; trape(e)z, -pees. [treps, ′trepəs, trə′piz]
I. v. 1. intr. As in colloq. and dial. Eng., to tramp wearily or carelessly, to trudge, to lumber or shuffle through mud or dirt, to wander about idly, gad about. Gen. (exc. I.) Sc. Vbl.n. trapeezin, -peesin.Per. 1883 R. Cleland Inchbracken iii.:
Where are you trapezing to, at this hour of the morning?m.Lth. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick 13:
A' oor folk wad come trapezin up the brae to their wee bit toom kirkie.Gall. 1896 Crockett Cleg Kelly xv.:
Me trapesin' in a gown like this.Abd. 1931 J. H. Hall Holy Man 67:
She hadn't the time to go traipsing about the place.Ags. 1947 J. B. Salmond Toby Jug ix.:
Stoppin' this trapeezin' aboot the countryside.Bnff. 1969 Dufftown News (5 April) 7:
He gaed traipsin' up the road a bit.Sc. 1999 Herald 28 Aug 13:
As one said: "I'd never have got away with a trip to Dundee, but Herself didn't mind a couple of hours away in the afternoon. If this hadn't been on I would have been traipsing around Argyle Street. ... " Sc. 1999 Herald 4 Sep 16:
This football nut spent 10 years traipsing up and down Britain, from Plymouth to the Highlands, snapping away like a demented Japanese tourist, trying to capture the essence of the beautiful game.
2. tr. To walk or tramp over, to tread (Ags. 1972). Also in Eng. dial.
II. n. 1. A long weary trudge, a tiring walk (Ags., Per., wm.Sc. 1972). Also in Eng. dial.
2. A slovenly untidy woman, a slattern. Also in Eng. dial.Mry. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 25:
His gweedwife hains, she's but a trapes, Nae ower weel-gi'en.
