Meaning & use
Trapes
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To walk or trudge wearily or reluctantly, often over a long distance; a variant spelling of 'traipse.'
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We had to trapes across town after the last bus left without us.
She trapesed through the mud in her good shoes, muttering the whole way.
A note on using this word
'Trapes' and 'traipse' are variant spellings of the same informal verb; 'traipse' is now the more common form in print.
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