Turnbroach

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A turnspit. obsolete

    "Has not a deputy married his cook-maid? An alderman's widow, one that was her turnbroach?"

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"Has not a deputy married his cook-maid? An alderman's widow, one that was her turnbroach?"

Etymology

From turn + broach.

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