to trampous

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

To walk; to lounge or wander about; to tramp. The origin of this word is doubtful; there is nothing analogous to it in the English provincial glossaries.


I felt as lonely as a catamount, and as dull as a bachelor beaver, so I trampousses off to the stable.--Sam Slick in England, ch. 2.

So we trampoused along down the edge of the swamp, till we came to a track.--Porter's Tales of the South-west, p. 44.

When I get hum, I guess that my narration

Will make some little stir among the nation.

Some years ago, I landed near to Dover,

And seed strange sights, trampoosing England over.--D. Humphreys, The Yankee in England.

So away goes lunch, and off goes you and the "Sir" a trampousin' and a trapsein' over the wet grass agin.--Sam Slick in England, ch. 23.