poachy

American  

[poh-chee] / ˈpoʊ tʃi /

adjective

poachier, poachiest

1. (of land) slushy; swampy.

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Other Word Forms

• poachiness noun

Etymology

Origin of poachy

First recorded in 1700–10; poach ² + -y ¹

Example Sentences

I pet em adrée my poachy an’ jailed apré the purge and latched odói my pal’s chavo, an’ he pook’d mandy, ‘Where you jāllin to, kāko?’

From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey

Since poach is a somewhat confused homophone, its adjective poachy has no chance against stolchy.

From Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems by Society for Pure English

And when yuv’s mullo I pet my wast adrée his poachy and there mandy lastered the cigaras. 

From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey

So he pet em adrée his poachy, an’ pookered mandy, ‘What’ll tu lel to pi?’

From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey

Sheep are much less subject to this disease than cattle are; but encounter it, if kept in wet, filthy yards, or on moist, poachy ground.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert