aitch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of aitch
Middle English ache < Old French ache < Late Latin *hacca or *accha; replacing ha
Example Sentences
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Sellers again, this time as a union shop steward who will make a speech at the drop of an aitch, in a film that takes a cracking good satirical look at labor-management relations in England.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well, at firsht the Kings looked at aitch other as if the eyes 'ud lave thim, bein' all dazed like an' sarcumvinted intirely.
From Irish Wonders by McAnally, D. R. (David Russell)
In her very lapses, her gentle elision of the aitch, he found a foreign, an infantile, a pathetic charm.
From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May
Thank Heaven, his tongue was almost virgin to the aitch in Harden.
From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May
She was alone, moreover, in her professional chamber, and fully prepared to enter into the matter of the letter aitch.
From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.
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