fratch
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of fratch
1400–50; late Middle English fracchen to creak, of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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You may be interested in still another inelegant variation which I ran across in Webster's; namely, the word "fratch."
From Time Magazine Archive
Then is it fair to leave me to fratch wi' them?
From The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" by Bindloss, Harold
Simon does reight to fratch," said another, "Michael has noa business allus to be draggin in his dowter if shoo is a schooil mistress.
From Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley by Hartley, John
They fidge an they fume an they flutter, Like a burd catched wi lime on a tree, And they'll fratch wi ther own breead an butter:— But aw wodn't for all aw could see.
From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John
To fratch an' worry day an' neet, Is sewerly wilful blindness, When weel we know ther's nowt as sweet, As a few words spoke i' kindness.
From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John
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