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pech

British  
/ pɛx /

verb

  1. a Scot word for pant

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of pech

C15: of imitative origin


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The name Campeche, he explained, derives from the words kaam, meaning mirror, and pech, meaning birds in the near-extinct local dialect of Maya.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2018

He came spankin' into my room, an' drappit intil a chair, fair oot o' pech.

From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond

It’s no ilka whusky that’ll mak Geordie Dowie pech.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various

It's no ilka whusky that'll mak Geordie Dowie pech.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various

"Hech," says Archy, with a pech, "but this is a weary warld."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various

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