fetched

[fech-id, fecht]

adjective

South Midland U.S.

1. damned.

   Jim beat up every fetched one of them.

Other Word Forms

• unfetched adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fetched¹

1850–55, apparently fetch ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

A Gustav Klimt painting fetched $236.4 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York last week, the second priciest work of art ever sold at auction.

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A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of one of the richest passengers on the Titanic has fetched a "record-breaking" £1.78m at auction.

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“This one is fetched pretty far, but somehow I still find it fetching,” he writes of one design.

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Female artists whose works have fetched the highest sale prices are primarily prominent 20th century figures.

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A portrait by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt fetched $236.4 million in New York on Tuesday, becoming the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.

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