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Definition of Scooch
1. to slide with short movements [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scooch
Literary usage of Scooch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Magazine by Making of America Project (1895)
"Look here, you, ain't that your train ? You'll have to clip it! scooch down under
that fence, an' run, an' I'll holler to 'em to hold on ! ..."
2. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1905)
"We used to slide down that hill at recess—scrabble through the rail- fence—get
a sled if possible; if not, take a board — failing a board, "scooch" down ..."
3. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1896)
"'Aren't you rubbing the time too close ? ' •rubbers : misfortune, ill-luck.
The phrase is, ' to meet with the rubbers.' scooch : crouch. ..."
4. The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis: With Special Consideration of by Julius Stieglitz (1911)
"1 Calculated from the data of EP scooch (Am. Chem. J., 41, 208 (1909)). The same
uncertainty as to the degree of ionization exists as that discussed in ..."
5. The Tenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1864: A Western by Alfred Seelye Roe (1909)
"I concluded to take up with the advice an old lady gave her son (who was very
tall) when he joined the army, to remember and "scooch ..."
6. "Ours." Annals of the 10th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, in the Rebellion by Joseph Keith Newell (1875)
"I concluded to take up with the advice an old lady gave her son (who was very
tall) when he joined the army, to remember and " scooch " if he ever went into ..."
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