Word of the Day
for Friday,
November 30, 2012
Trundle \TRUHN-dl\, verb:
To move or walk with a rolling gait.
They get her into a
wheelbarrow and trundle
her all over town.
-- Alice Munroe, Meneseteung
-- Alice Munroe, Meneseteung
Fling leaflets down
basements; expose them in stalls; trundle
them along streets on barrows to be sold for a penny or given away.
-- Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own: Three Guineas
-- Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own: Three Guineas
Trundle, first used in the 1500s, may originate from the Old English trendel,
"ring or disk," which is also the root of the modern English trend.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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