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roached

/ °ùəʊ³Ùʃ³Ù /

adjective

  1. arched convexly, as the back of certain breeds of dog, such as the whippet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of roached1

C19: from roach ³ or roach (vb) to cut (a sail) into a roach
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The sterilized roach juice demonstrated this law; if you stuck the “roached†juice in a freezer and offered it to participants a year later, they still wouldn’t drink it.

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The picture was of a bland-faced man with roached hair and handlebar mustache.

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The back should be broad at the shoulder, tapering towards the loins, preferably well roached.

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He hadn’t never wore no hard hat, neither, ’r roached 10 his mane pompydory, and he was one of the kind that takes a run at they fingernails oncet in a while.

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He turned his great, flat head, and at sight of the intruder his mane roached and bristled, and he swung about with unbelievable quickness.

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