wrop

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɒp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɑp/
• Rhymes: -ɒp, -ɑp

Verb

wrop (third-person singular simple present wrops, present participle wropping, simple past and past participle wropped)

1. (dialectal, obsolete) Alternative form of wrap
   • 1529, John Frith, A piſtle to the Chriſten reader […] ‎^[1]:

     […] as Peter doth ſaye / they which were clene eſcaped / of them are agayne wropped in erroures.

   • 1935, Cabins in the Laurel‎^[2], University of North Carolina Press, published 19 March 2014, →ISBN, page 231:

     […] So I wropped 'em up in a five dollar bill and tied 'em up and sent 'em, and they ain't back yet.”

   • 1941, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves‎^[3], volume 13, Washington, DC: Library of Congress, →OCLC, page 339:

     All de niggers had shoes and plenty warm clothes and we wrop up at night in everything we can git.

Anagrams

• pow'r, prow