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▪ I. traipsing, trapesing, vbl. n.|ˈtreɪpsɪŋ| [f. prec. + -ing1.] The action of the verb traipse.
1593Bilson Govt. Christ's Ch. xiv. 296 This t[r]apesing to and fro I impute rather to the rawnesse of your discipline..This it is to wander in the desert of your owne deuises without the line of Gods worde, or leuell of his Church to direct you. 1800M. Edgeworth Out of Debt i, Anything's better than trapesing through a shop. 1887‘H. Smart’ Cleverly Won vii, If she thought trapesing about with the hounds was the way to get married, she was mistaken. 1895T. Hardy Jude iii. ii, The traipsing along to the station, the porter's ‘B'your leave!’ the screaming of the trains. ▪ II. ˈtraipsing, ˈtrapesing, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That traipses; going about in a slovenly manner.
1760Foote Minor i. Wks. 1799 I. 244 One armful of good wholesome British beauty, is worth a ship-load of their trapsing, tawdry trollops. 1773Goldsm. Stoops to Conq. i. ii, The daughter, a tall trapesing trolloping, talkative may⁓pole. 1886Hall Caine Son of Hagar i. vii, Beneath the traipseing feet of the people. |