cherch
English
Verb
cherch (third-person singular simple present cherches, present participle cherching, simple past and past participle cherched)
- (US military slang, World War I) To scrounge, to obtain in an unintended fashion, to scrape together.
References
- Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech, volume 47, number 1/2, page 29
Middle English
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