† troopmealadv.
Obsolete. rare.
By troops, in a troop or troops.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adverb] > in crowds or companies
flock-mealc893
flockingly14..
flockly1552
throngingly1598
troopmeal1600
throngly1653
troopwise1820
a-swarm1830
flock-wise1837
shoal-wise1883
mob-handed1970
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. v. xxx. 200 The Nobles old and young, came troup-meale..into the hall.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xvii. 634 So troope-meale Troy pursu'd a while.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adv.1600- to take one'a bit of mutton with
- to take one'a perch
- to take one's adieux
- to take one's adventure
- to take one's bearings
- to take one's bere
- to take one's breath
- to take one's chance
- to take one's change out of
- to take one's change out of a person
- to take one's change out of a thing
- to take one's choice
- to take one's davy
- to take one's death
- to take one's dick
- to take one's drink
- to take one's drops
- to take one's ease
- to take one's eye off the ball
- to take one's eyes off the ball
- to take one's fine
- to take one's flight
- to take one's foot in one's hand
- to take one's foot off the gas
- to take one's full feeze