pech
- a Scot word for pant
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Word Origin
C15: of imitative origin
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Examples from the Web for pech
Contemporary Examples
Pakistan is less than ten miles to our right, the Pech Valley immediately to our left.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban ValleyMatt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman
November 15, 2014
Most drivers using this road are headed to and from a handful of capillary valleys in the Pech.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban ValleyMatt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman
November 15, 2014
We first met Hajji Zalwar Khan over tea and lunch in the Pech Valley in a house clinging to a cliff high above the valley floor.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban ValleyMatt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman
November 15, 2014
Soldiers rotated out of the valley from other bases in the Pech for a weekend of relief from the fighting before being sent back.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban ValleyMatt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman
November 15, 2014
Near the confluence of these two rivers a tiny bridge spans the gap connecting the Korengal with the Pech.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban ValleyMatt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman
November 15, 2014
Historical Examples
Give my duty to the Rana of Pech, for his line were my father's overlords from the first.
The Eyes of AsiaRudyard Kipling
Because pecht (or pech), trow, and fairy are all synonyms for "dwarf."
The Testimony of TraditionDavid MacRitchie
Svet a rinn, hag z inn trz va zad, hag livirinn d'ezhan: Va zd, pech 'ed em euz a eneb ann env hag enu da enep.
The English LanguageRobert Gordon Latham
Pech adds a list of the names of Conquistadores which I have not inserted, as it is less complete than that found in Cogolludo.
The Maya ChroniclesVarious
The landlady rushed out when she heard our horse hoofs, for she was expecting her husband, who had also gone to Pech.
Through the Land of the SerbMary Edith Durham