Treddle


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Tred´dle


n.1.See Treadle.
2.A prostitute; a strumpet.
3.The dung of sheep or hares.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Just before the train came through the tunnel, it passed over a treddle that sounded a gong.
Like many women before her, Ida also took in piecework (from Beck's), "doing seams on her old treddle machine." (22)
(32) For example, on February 26, 1859, the barber, Rasper, recites "My Auld Horse and Me, signed P.D., Queen St, Dundee," telling his carter friend that it is "the pure and simple production o' ane o' yer own brethren of the whip-cord." Another recurring character, Treddle, greets the poem with "Oh fie, barber!
|(Back row) John Lydiatt, Henry Treddle, Brian Stanley, ?, Gary Matthews, Oliver Ashby, Tony Tallis, Brian Tedds, Barry Harrison (middle row) John Bradbury, Janeyt Wagstaff, Jean Moreton, Jean Stanley, Mr Brock, Julie Warwick, ?, Carol Capp, Graham Fields (front row) John Edwards, Graham Mowe, Bill Batchelor, Lonnie Downes, ?, John Swaine
No groans then were given for Tithes, Taxes, or Rent, The rich man look'd kindness, the poor man content, And though war raged without, we were deaf to its din, Midst the heart cheering hum of our treddles within.
The 26-year-old, from Treddles Lane, West Bromwich, was seen racing against a BMW, driven by a relative, through Selly Oak and Cotteridge, the court heard.
Not for her more modern looms driven by computers, where treddles are orchestrated by IT software.
[Lismahago] had arrived at the gate in the twilight, where he heard the sound of treddles in the great hall ...
The teenager, of Treddles Lane, West Bromwich, died when his motorcycle ploughed into a car in Dartmouth Street on Friday night.