Throp's wifen.

Brit.

/ˌθrɒps ˈwʌɪf/, U.S.

/ˌθrɑps ˈwaɪf/

Forms:

α. 1700s– Throp's wife, 1800s Thropp's wife.

β. 1800s Throop wife.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Throp , wife n.

Etymology: Originally (in α. forms) < the genitive of the surname Throp (variant of Thorp : compare thorp n.) + wife n.Apparently alluding to a proverbial character, of unclear identity. Perhaps Margaret Thorp, wife of Ralph Thorp of Fewston, Yorkshire, who together with her mother and four other women (subsequently known as the Timble Gill witches), was accused of numerous counts of witchcraft by Edward Fairfax and tried at York Assizes in April and August 1622. She is referred to throughout his written account of the affair as ‘Thorp's wife’; compare e.g.:a1635 E. Fairfax Discourse of Witchcraft (1858) 254 Elizabeth saw Thorp's wife, who put her finger in her mouth, and so caused her to spit a great deal of blood.

Chiefly English regional (northern).

A proverbially busy person. Chiefly in as thrang (also throng) as Throp's wife (when she hanged herself with the dishclout) and variants. Cf. throng adj. 6.

ΚΠ

1762 L. Sterne Let. 31 May in Lett. 1739–64 (2009) 269 You are as busy as Throp's wife.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Thrang, busy. ‘As thrang as Throop wife, when shoe hang'd hersell in her garter,’ a proverbial simile applied to those who are very busy in trifling things.

1848 Satirist 8 July 270/3 Circumstances which..must, at least, keep his Highness ‘as throng as Thropp's wife,’ whose industry has become proverbial.

1873 J. Harland & T. T. Wilkinson Lancs. Legends v. 192 As thrunk as Throp's wife, when she hang'd hersel' in th' dish-cloot.

1898 Huddersfield Chron. 19 Feb. 3/2 Thou'rt as ill as old Throp's wife, hoo're so thrang that shoo hinged herseln i' th' dish claat.

1903 J. S. Fletcher Lucian the Dreamer iv. 46 Mr. Pepperdine, looking in upon them once or twice and noting their fervour, retired..with a remark to his elder sister that they were as throng as Throp's wife.

1922 W. Gibson Krindlesyke ii. ii. 22 I've been Cook, slut, and butler here this fifteen-year, As thrang as Throp's wife when she hanged herself With her own dishclout.

2015 @Binnibobs 13 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I have been as thrang as Throp's wife today!

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	throps wife
释义	Throp's wifen. Brit. /ˌθrɒps ˈwʌɪf/, U.S. /ˌθrɑps ˈwaɪf/ Forms: α. 1700s– Throp's wife, 1800s Thropp's wife. β. 1800s Throop wife. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Throp , wife n. Etymology: Originally (in α. forms) < the genitive of the surname Throp (variant of Thorp : compare thorp n.) + wife n.Apparently alluding to a proverbial character, of unclear identity. Perhaps Margaret Thorp, wife of Ralph Thorp of Fewston, Yorkshire, who together with her mother and four other women (subsequently known as the Timble Gill witches), was accused of numerous counts of witchcraft by Edward Fairfax and tried at York Assizes in April and August 1622. She is referred to throughout his written account of the affair as ‘Thorp's wife’; compare e.g.:a1635 E. Fairfax Discourse of Witchcraft (1858) 254 Elizabeth saw Thorp's wife, who put her finger in her mouth, and so caused her to spit a great deal of blood. Chiefly English regional (northern). A proverbially busy person. Chiefly in as thrang (also throng) as Throp's wife (when she hanged herself with the dishclout) and variants. Cf. throng adj. 6. ΚΠ 1762 L. Sterne Let. 31 May in Lett. 1739–64 (2009) 269 You are as busy as Throp's wife. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Thrang, busy. ‘As thrang as Throop wife, when shoe hang'd hersell in her garter,’ a proverbial simile applied to those who are very busy in trifling things. 1848 Satirist 8 July 270/3 Circumstances which..must, at least, keep his Highness ‘as throng as Thropp's wife,’ whose industry has become proverbial. 1873 J. Harland & T. T. Wilkinson Lancs. Legends v. 192 As thrunk as Throp's wife, when she hang'd hersel' in th' dish-cloot. 1898 Huddersfield Chron. 19 Feb. 3/2 Thou'rt as ill as old Throp's wife, hoo're so thrang that shoo hinged herseln i' th' dish claat. 1903 J. S. Fletcher Lucian the Dreamer iv. 46 Mr. Pepperdine, looking in upon them once or twice and noting their fervour, retired..with a remark to his elder sister that they were as throng as Throp's wife. 1922 W. Gibson Krindlesyke ii. ii. 22 I've been Cook, slut, and butler here this fifteen-year, As thrang as Throp's wife when she hanged herself With her own dishclout. 2015 @Binnibobs 13 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I have been as thrang as Throp's wife today! This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1762
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