Pronunciations (2)
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/θɔːp/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/θɔɹp/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Noun
A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.
Usage- Archaic
- in placenames
- Related words
- Examples
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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; […]