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Threap   Listen
verb
Threap  v. i.  To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. (Prov. Eng. & Scot.) "It's not for a man with a woman to threap."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Threap" Quotes from Famous Books



... Bell my wife she loves not strife, Yet she will lead me if she can; And oft, to live a quiet life, I am forced to yield, though I'm good-man; It's not for a man with a woman to threap, Unless he first gave o'er the plea: As we began we now will leave, And I'll take mine ...
— A Bundle of Ballads • Various



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