roached

British

/ rəʊtʃt /

adjective

arched convexly, as the back of certain breeds of dog, such as the whippet

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Etymology

Origin of roached

C19: from _roach ³ or roach (vb) to cut (a sail) into a roach

Example Sentences

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The picture was of a bland-faced man with roached hair and handlebar mustache.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Hardware gets toasted or fried, software gets roached.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

His hair is roached, so that it stands up in confusion, and he is wearied all the time about the deplorable "help."

From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Halstead, Murat

He hadn’t never wore no hard hat, neither, ’r roached 10 his mane pompydory, and he was one of the kind that takes a run at they fingernails oncet in a while.

From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor

How did you teach Brother Bear to keep his hair roached and parted?

From Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country by Herford, Oliver

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