thropple

English

Noun

thropple (plural thropples)

1. (obsolete) larynx, windpipe
   • 1875, E. R. Billings, Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce^[1]:

     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.

   • 1919, Frederic Moorman, More Tales of the Ridings^[2]:

     "'He'll do nowt o' the sort,' I answered; 'and he wi' a hoast in his thropple like a badly cow.

Verb

thropple (third-person singular simple present thropples, present participle throppling, simple past and past participle throppled)

1. (obsolete) to throttle