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
Thank Heaven, his tongue was almost virgin to the aitch in Harden.
From The Divine Fire by May Sinclair
Thus the letter h is named in Italian, acca; in French, ache, in English, aitch, perhaps originally atch: our church is the Scottish kirk, &c.
From Notes and Queries, Number 185, May 14, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
"Tell him the aitch bone is better!" continued Mr. Sam with some heat.
From The Wooing of Calvin Parks by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
Now Miss Rooney had gev up the contist an' plasthered her hair down on aitch side av her face so smooth ye'd shwear it was ironed it was, an' begun to take the worruld aisey.
From Irish Wonders by D. R. (David Russell) McAnally
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