filch
[ filch ]
/ fɪltʃ /
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verb (used with object)
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer: to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants.
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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?
First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.
First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.
First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.
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1250–1300; Middle English filchen to attack (in a body), take as booty, Old English fylcian to marshal (troops), draw (soldiers) up in battle array, derivative of gefylce band of men; akin to folk
OTHER WORDS FROM filch
filcher, nounfilch·ing·ly, adverbun·filched, adjectiveWords nearby filch
filasse, filate, Filatov flap, filature, filbert, filch, Filchner Ice Shelf, file, file band, file card, file clerk
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British Dictionary definitions for filch
filch
/ (fɪltʃ) /
verb
(tr) to steal or take surreptitiously in small amounts; pilfer
Derived forms of filch
filcher, nounWord Origin for filch
C16 filchen to steal, attack, perhaps from Old English gefylce band of men
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