trapes (third-person singular simple present trapeses, present participle trapesing, simple past and past participle trapesed)
Alternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI
trapes (plural trapeses)
Alternative spelling of traipse in reduced usage since about WWI
trapes
(seldom in use since about WWII, colloquial) A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.
• Paster, Pearts, paster, paters, petars, prates, pretas, repast, repats, retaps, tapers, treaps
Source: Wiktionary
Trapes, n. Etym: [See Trape.]
Definition: A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman. [Obs. or Colloq.]
Trapes, v. i.
Definition: To go about in an idle or slatternly fashion; to trape; to traipse. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
Trape, v. i. Etym: [See Tramp, and cf. Traipse.]
Definition: To walk or run about in an idle or slatternly manner; to traipse. [Obs. or Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
