quitch grass

British  

/ kwɪtʃ /

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: quitch.  another name for couch grass

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Etymology

Origin of quitch grass

Old English cwice; perhaps related to cwicu living, _quick (with the implication that the grass cannot be killed); compare Dutch kweek, Norwegian kvike, German Queckengras

Example Sentences

Just so!—to throw the quitch grass down to wither on the surface, and to turn the soil up, so that the crude earth may have its turn of baking.

From The Economist by Dakyns, Henry Graham

The quitch grass was thicker now, and the struggle harder.

From Under Sealed Orders by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)

The lesser ones he could sweep away at one stroke, but that quitch grass was more difficult to conquer.

From Under Sealed Orders by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)

Other enemies, like the smaller weeds, he could overcome, but injustice, that quitch grass of life, was what stung him to fury.

From Under Sealed Orders by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)