glutch

[ gluhch ]

/ glʌtʃ /

Newfoundland.

to swallow.

a mouthful.

Nearby words

compare British dialect glutch, with same sense; of uncertain origin

I put it on the drawers, Mrs. Glutch, ready to go back, last night.
My Miscellanies, Vol. 1 (of 2)|Wilkie Collins
He's got a ketch in his glutch and the Missus wants you to come over right now to sit up with him.
Harbor Jim of Newfoundland|Alden Eugene Bartlett
Perhaps you took it down-stairs then yourself, Mrs. Glutch, by mistake?
My Miscellanies, Vol. 1 (of 2)|Wilkie Collins
Oh for one day's respite from the politeness of Mrs. Glutch!
My Miscellanies, Vol. 1 (of 2)|Wilkie Collins

Alas, for Number One, it is always a figure in the likeness of Mrs. Glutch.
My Miscellanies, Vol. 1 (of 2)|Wilkie Collins