wrop

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɒp/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹɑp/
  • Rhymes: -ɒp, -ɑp

Verb

wrop (third-person singular simple present wrops, present participle wropping, simple past and past participle wropped)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) Alternative form of wrap
    • 1529, John Frith, A piſtle to the Chriſten reader [] :
      [] as Peter doth ſaye / they which were clene eſcaped / of them are agayne wropped in erroures.
    • 1935, Cabins in the Laurel, University of North Carolina Press, published 19 March 2014, →ISBN, page 231:
      [] So I wropped 'em up in a five dollar bill and tied 'em up and sent 'em, and they ain't back yet.”
    • 1941, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, volume 13, Washington, DC: Library of Congress, →OCLC, page 339:
      All de niggers had shoes and plenty warm clothes and we wrop up at night in everything we can git.

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