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Definition of Dunched
1. dunch [v] - See also: dunch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dunched
Literary usage of Dunched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"A dumpling of plain flour and water, usually eaten with salt. Glouc. Hal. Diet.
Sometimes called a ' dunny-dumpling.' dunched, p. and pp. Knocked, thrashed. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Bunched, p. and pp. Knocked, thrashed. ' I, or I have, dunched him well.' Shrop.
(as a part. adj.). Bunching, sb. A beating, thrashing. ..."
3. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"Drench, ' a draught for cattle." dunched, ' knocked, bruised." Eed-fiuch, '
chaffinch." Kench, ' a twist, sprain." Wench, ' girl." Melch, 'soft.' Melch-cow. ..."
4. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1891)
"Culms slender, 1 to 3 dm high: spikelets solitary or in simple- terminal racemes,
long pe-dunched. (Arundo tecta Walt. ..."
5. Reynard the Fox by John Masefield (1920)
"The mud about the gates was dunched. Like German cheese; men pushed for places,
And kicked the mud into the faces Of those who made them room to pass. ..."
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