Word of the week: Larrup

Another good old fashioned Lancashire word. To Larrup means to beat or thrash. As a kid the last thing you wanted was someone to offer you a ‘good larrupin’.
by David Fernley · August 19, 2022
Another good old fashioned Lancashire word. To Larrup means to beat or thrash. As a kid the last thing you wanted was someone to offer you a ‘good larrupin’.
…with words and pictures. I’m a writer and photographer living in North Yorkshire, England. I’m researching and writing the history of my family, the communities we’ve lived in and how literature and the arts can bring the story of the past to life.
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