Glutch

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mouthful. British, dialectal
Verb
  1. 1
    To swallow. British, dialectal

    "And now Robert Creedle will be nailed up in parish boards 'a b'lieve; and noboby will glutch down a sigh for he!"

Synonyms

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abysmabyssaqueductarroyobedbox canyon

Example

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"And now Robert Creedle will be nailed up in parish boards 'a b'lieve; and noboby will glutch down a sigh for he!"

Etymology

From Middle English glucchen, a variant of gulchen (“to drink greedily”). Doublet of gulch.

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