trapes

English

Etymology 1

Obscure, as is common among colloquialisms. OED mentions possible association with Dutch trappen, to tread or stamp the foot, but objects that the connection is unconvincing.

Verb

trapes (third-person singular simple present trapeses, present participle trapesing, simple past and past participle trapesed)

Alternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI

Noun

trapes (plural trapeses)

Alternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI

Etymology 2

See trape.

Noun

trapes

(seldom in use since about WWII, colloquial) A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.
- Hudibras
  He found the sullen trapes / Possest with th' devil, worms, and claps.
- Gay
  From door to door I'd sooner whine and beg, / Than marry such a trapes.
- Young
  Since full each other station of renown, / Who would not be the greatest trapes in town?

Anagrams

Paster, Pearts, paster, paters, petars, prates, pretas, repast, repats, retaps, tapers, treaps

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