Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Straw; litter.

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Examples

  • The first sight that struck me was Mr. H ... pulling and hauling this coarse country strammel towards a couch that stood in

    Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure 2004

  • Yes, ye are a 'altered: you'll eat the goodman's meat, drink his drink, sleep on the strammel in his barn, and break his house and cut his throat for his pains!

    Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801

  • Yes, ye are a 'altered: you' ll eat the goodman's meat, drink his drink, sleep on the strammel in his barn, and break his house and cut his throat for his pains!

    Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • Yes, ye are a 'altered: you' ll eat the goodman's meat, drink his drink, sleep on the strammel in his barn, and break his house and cut his throat for his pains!

    Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • Yes, ye are a’ altered: you ‘ll eat the goodman’s meat, drink his drink, sleep on the strammel in his barn, and break his house and cut his throat for his pains!

    Guy Mannering 1815

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