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Definition of Putcheon
1. putcher [n -S] - See also: putcher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Putcheon
Literary usage of Putcheon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Study in the Warwickshire Dialect by Appleton Morgan (1899)
"... economy to stuff one's self with sour bread. putcheon. Elven. Ond Shaken
Time—te, the local election, when the candidates shake hands with the voters. ..."
2. A Glossary of Berkshire Words and Phrases by Barzillai Lowsley, Job Lowsley (1888)
"putcheon, n. A wicker eel-trap, smaller than a wheel ; u v. To pull, to pluck.
pronounced as in put. QUARTER, n. One of the four compartments of the bag of ..."
3. England's Topographer: Or A New and Complete History of the County of Kent by William Henry Ireland (1829)
"... esq., who sold it to one putcheon, from whom it was conveyed to a Golding,
when Mr. Thomas Golding, of Ryarsh, dying in 1769, left it to his daughter, ..."
4. Salopian Shreds and Patches (1889)
"An eel trap, made of wicker- work, much used on the little river Rea.
WBEL (Hanwood).—Another form of putcheon. (11 April. ..."
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