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Definition of Trappy
1. a. Same as Trappous.
Definition of Trappy
1. Adjective. (context: horse riding) Of a gait, short, rapid and high-stepping. ¹
2. Adjective. traplike, reminiscent of a trap ¹
3. Adjective. Abundant in traps ¹
4. Adjective. (minerology) Like the mineral called trap; trappean; trappous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trappy
1. full of traps [adj TRAPPIER, TRAPPIEST]
Medical Definition of Trappy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Trappy
Literary usage of Trappy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order by George Crabb (1816)
"Bat trappy the; ! tin• happiest of their Mod, Whom gentler bin. unit?, and In
one fate Tbeir lic.iri-. their fortune», ..."
2. The American Diplomatic Code Embracing a Collection of Treaties and by Jonathan Elliot, United States (1834)
"Neither method was approved by trappy, " who wished for such another resolute fellow
... In this state of the adair Stafford revealed the plot. trappy was ..."
3. The History and Antiquities of the Tower of London: With Memoirs of Royal by John Bayley (1830)
"Stafford, detesting the act, refused to do it ; yet recommended one Moody, a
noted fellow, who without doubt would do the business ; and trappy accordingly, ..."
4. A History of the Meynell Hounds and Country, 1780-1901 by James Lowndes Randall (1901)
"And beauty on the hillside was considerably agitated and excited. The course was
not really a galloping one, for the fences were trappy, and it was ..."
5. An Enquiry Into the Foundation and History of the Law of Nations in Europe by Robert Plumer Ward (1795)
"With this man conferences were held by 'trappy and ... Neither method was approved
by trappy, ... trappy was ..."
6. American Morgan Horse Register by Joseph Battell, Morgan Horse Club, Inc., New York (1905)
"That kind of a gait could not accomplish such a result, although the gathering
quickly, that belongs to a short, trappy gait, undoubtedly enters into the ..."
7. Commentaries Upon International Law by Robert Phillimore, Reginald James Mure (1882)
"With this man conferences were held by trappy and ... trappy was arrested, and
both (x) The following cases are extracted from Mr. Ward's Law of A'ntions, ..."
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