kotch
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of kotch
from Afrikaans kots
Example Sentences
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“Gimme little one drop, let the bass-line roll and kotch, reggae music run the country,” Riley sings.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2019
Brer Rabbit ain't ko no beggin', 'kaze dey ain't kotch; yit dey come so nigh it, he 'gun ter feel he weakness.
From Nights With Uncle Remus by Winter, Milo
Reckon you gals might as well go home, fer they'll be a different kind o' a party if they kotch him.
From Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
Den dey brung her er letter sayin' he had been kilt, an' she wuz in de yard when she read hit an' if dey hadn't er kotch her she'd ov fell.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration
She kotch me nodding and we fit dare in de school house.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
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