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transitive verb Northern England |
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1. scold: to scold or criticize somebody harshly
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2. maintain assertion: to state something vehemently or persistently, especially something that somebody else has contradicted
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| [ Old English þrēapian, origin ?] |
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  threap·er noun |
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