trampoosev.
/tramˈpuːz/ U.S. slang. ? Obsolete.
intransitive. To tramp, trudge.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > laboriously or aimlessly
haik?a1500
harl?a1513
trudge1547
palt1560
ploda1566
traipse1593
trash1607
truck1631
tramp1643
vamp1654
trudgea1657
daggle1681
trape1706
trampoose1794
hike1809
slog1872
taigle1886
pudge1891
sludge1908
schlep1937
schlump1957
1794 J. O'Keeffe Wild Oats (new ed.) ii. iii. 33 I'd teach 'em to bring a gentleman's son tramboozing about the country.
a1818 D. Humphreys Yankey in Eng. Some years ago I landed near to Dover, And seed strange sights, trampoosing England over.
1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 566 Mr. Moore was ‘trampoosing’ over America.
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 177 Trampoosing about all night.
1850 Porter Tales of South & West 44 We trampoused along down the edge of the swamp.
Derivatives
tramˈpoose n. rare a tramp, a trudge.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking laboriously or aimlessly > an act of
march1692
tramp1787
trudge1835
trampoose1840
traipse1862
stram1869
ploda1879
foot-slog1900
1840 J. F. Cooper Pathfinder viii I was with him in one of his trampooses.
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