poachy
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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
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
He lelled the juva to the wardo, and just before she welled odói, she hatched her wast in her poachy, an’ chiv it avree, and the prastramengro hatched it apré.
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
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
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