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poachy

[ poh-chee ]
/ ˈpoʊ tʃi /
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adjective, poach·i·er, poach·i·est.
(of land) slushy; swampy.
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Origin of poachy

First recorded in 1700–10; poach2 + -y1

OTHER WORDS FROM poachy

poach·i·ness, noun

Words nearby poachy

POA, poaceous, poach, poacher, poaching, poachy, POB, Pobeda Peak, poblano, P.O. box, poboy
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How to use poachy in a sentence

  • And it shall ridy-pidy in the coachy-poachy too; all round the parky-warky with the cock-a-doodle-doo.

    Ireland as It Is|Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

  • Thus they are perpetually using such terminations as lala, nana, coachy-poachy, just as mothers and nurses use them to babies.

    The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete|Honore de Balzac
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