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Cwtch

//kʊtʃ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cubbyhole or similar hiding place. Wales

    "In front of the pavement again stretched a flat patch of rusty ground, a sort of little platform in the side of the hill where the sagging drying-lines stood and a chickens' cwtch built of orange-boxes."

  2. 2
    A hug or cuddle. Wales

    "I am expecting the big man to come round the corner and give me a ‘cwtch’ as he has done beside countless rugby fields."

Verb
  1. 1
    To hug, cuddle, embrace, or comfort. Wales
  2. 2
    To crouch or lie (down). Wales

    "A family are about to have a meal round the kitchen table, so the dog is told to go and “cwtch” in the corner, out of harm’s way."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Welsh cwtsh (“hug, cuddle; little corner, recess”), from Middle English couche. Doublet of couch.

Etymology 2

From Welsh cwtsio, from cwtsh + -o (suffix forming verbnouns).

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