peach
noun
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
peaching
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present participleof peach.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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For many years "peaching" was underworld slang for denouncing someone to the authorities.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2016
Meanwhile convicted spies Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gordon Switz of East Orange, N. J. were "exempted from punishment" by the French Government in return for their voluble peaching on the other spies.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Paris fortnight ago the Frenchman who got 20 years for peaching on Nurse Cavell to the Germans, M. George Gaston Quien, was out of jail, having served 17 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most Saar police at once went Nazi, strove to keep their jobs by peaching on fellow policemen whom they claimed were non-Nazi.
From Time Magazine Archive
He may have both, Neddy, my dear--he may have both pays; first for landing and then for peaching.
From The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
