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Tench

//tɛnt͡ʃ// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.
  2. 2
    A penitentiary. UK, obsolete, slang
  3. 3
    freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English tenche, from Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca.

Etymology 2

Contraction.

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