thrutch

present singular third person thrutches · participle present thrutching · participle past thrutched · past thrutched

1. Northern EnglandUKdialectalTo push; press; shove; thrust.

   If awd known wot aw know neaw, says Bobby, thrutchin his honds deep into his breeches pockets un hutchin up his shilders, theaw'd not ha getten me t' Knottmill fair.

   1857 February 14, James Taylor Staton, “Dumplin Haw Ghost”, in The Bowtun Luminary, volume 8, number 7, Bolton, page 52

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   GOOD. A class o' folk ut thinken theirsels so perfect they need no thrutch for t' get a front place i'th' top shop. But if they yerd th' trumpet seaund they'd be off like red-shanks; an' wouldno' care whoa they elbowed back at th' gates.

   1881, Benjamin Brierley, Ab-o'th'-Yate's Dictionary; or, Walmsley Fowt Skoomester, Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son, page 91

2. Northern EnglandUKdialectalTo press or squeeze cheese in a vat.

   Thrutchings.—To thrutch is to squeeze. The whey which is squeezed out of the cheese when under pressure and after being salted, is called thrutchings.

   1891 March 4, Robert Holland, “Cheese-making and Butter-making Terms in Use in 1688”, in The Cheshire Sheaf, Chester: The "Chester Courant" Office, published 1895, Replies, page 39

3. Northern EnglandUKdialectalTo crowd; throng; squeeze; huddle together.

   Thir wur o lot o foke thrutchin reawnd summut; un aw thrutcht mi sel omung um , for to see whot wur gooin on.

   1857, “Part Sixt Un Last”, in Sam Sondnokkur's Ryde fro Ratchda to Manchistur, 2nd edition, Manchester: John Heywood, page 14

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   But, there it wur,—an' there it had to stop! for noather her nor me could stir a peg. ... Well; they olez say'n there's th' most thrutchin' wheer there's th' least reawm, an' it wur so theer, by th' mon;[…]

   1874, Edwin Waugh, “The Nomination”, in The Chimney Corner, Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son, published 1879, page 40

   Synonyms: mass, press, assemble, begather, collect, congregate, congress, crowd

4. Northern EnglandUKdialectalfigurativelyTo trouble; oppress; distress.

   Then he grunted, an' mumble't, an' glendur't around, An' he tooted about o'er th' neighbourin' ground; Still, never a soul to turn th' stone could he find, An' it made him a little bit thrutched in his mind.

   1874, Edwin Waugh, “The Old Coal Man”, in The Chimney Corner, Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son, published 1879, page 74

   Synonyms: grame, stress, torment, vex

plural thrutches

1. Northern EnglandUKdialectalA narrow gorge or ravine.
2. Northern EnglandUKdialectalA push; shove; thrust.

   There wur nowt left for Yem, theerefore, but to rouse up hur conshusness, so so settin his feet ogen hur un his bonds, he gien one sammin good thrutch, un sent hur slap off th' bed on to th' floor;

   1857 January 10, “Jealousy”, in The Bowtun Luminary, volume 8, number 2, Bolton, page 15

3. Northern EnglandUKdialectalA throng; a crowd.

present singular third person thrutches · participle present thrutching · participle past thrutched · past thrutched

1. Northern EnglandUKdialectalcavingTo push, press, or squeeze into a place; move sideways or vertically in an upright position by wriggling the body against opposing rock surfaces. Compare chimney.

   I thrutched up the final crack to a small pinnacle.

plural thrutches

1. Northern EnglandUKdialectalcavingAn obstacle overcome by thrutching; an act of thrutching.