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thorp
UK /θɔːp/ US /θɔɹp/
name 5noun 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
little
THORP + NOUN
staid
PREP.
within
Definitions
noun
1
A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.
Within a little thorp I staid.
A plague upon the people fell, / A famine after laid them low, / Then thorpe and byre arose in fire, / For on them brake the sudden foe; […]
name
1
A surname.
2
A ghost town in South Branch Township, Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
3
A census-designated place in Kittitas County, Washington, United States.
4
A city and town in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.
5
A suburb of Royton, Oldham borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9108).
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Within a little thorp I staid.
Wiktionary02
A plague upon the people fell, / A famine after laid them low, / Then thorpe and byre arose in fire, / For on them brake the sudden foe; […]
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