tetch

Definitions

Pronunciation spelling of touch.

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Examples

“"Wal, I sot there, eatin' away, and, the fust thing I knowed, I kind 'er felt suthin' tetch my shoulder.”

“The minute we'd tetch off a blast 'n' the fuse'd begin⟳ to sizzle, he'd give⟳ a look⟳ as much as to say⟳: 'Well, I'll have⟳ to git you to excuse⟳ me,' an' it was surpris'n' the way he'd shin out of that hole 'n' go f'r a tree.”

“"Miss⟳ Lucy tetch you on de shoulder," continued the old man, never heeding, "wid a s'ord, and say⟳: 'I mek you a knight, Suh Robert--rise⟳ up, pure and fearless and widout reproach.'”

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