cootch

British  

/ kʊtʃ /

noun

1. a hiding place

2. a room, shed, etc, used for storage

   a coal cootch

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verb

1. (tr) to hide

2. (often foll by up) to cuddle or be cuddled

3. (tr) to clasp (someone or something) to oneself

Etymology

Origin of cootch

from French couche _couch , probably influenced by Welsh cwt hut

Example Sentences

By the hundreds they have swarmed across a hundred thousand movie screens from Aliquippa to Zagazig �mice that talk and grubs that chainsmoke, squirrels wearing overalls, bashful bunnies, sexy goldfish, tongue-tied ducks and hounds on ice skates, dachshunds bow-tied, pigs at pianos, chickens doing Traviata�even worms that do the cootch.

From Time Magazine Archive