roached
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of roached
C19: from roach ³ or roach (vb) to cut (a sail) into a roach
Example Sentences
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The picture was of a bland-faced man with roached hair and handlebar mustache.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
It was one of them blue roans, with a long tail, and a roached mane.
From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor
He drew a pad of blank forms toward him, wiped a pen on the mat into which his mouse-colored hair was roached above his right temple.
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham
Her mount was a spirited, mouse-dun mustang, with crop-ears, a roached mane, and the back markings of a mule.
From The Spinner's Book of Fiction by Various
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.
From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor
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