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
We won't fratch; there's not much in arguing.
From The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" by Bindloss, Harold
Weel," he said, "you can have aw t' peat you want and we willunt fratch if you pay me nowt.
From The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" by Bindloss, Harold
He had just had a "fratch" with the Quaker preachers on the subject of election.
From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir
I ken something o' what you're feeling; aw t' same you've got to fratch.
From The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" by Bindloss, Harold
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