roached
Britishadjective
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 sterilized roach juice demonstrated this law; if you stuck the “roached” juice in a freezer and offered it to participants a year later, they still wouldn’t drink it.
From New York Times
The picture was of a bland-faced man with roached hair and handlebar mustache.
From Literature
The back should be broad at the shoulder, tapering towards the loins, preferably well roached.
From Project Gutenberg
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 Project Gutenberg
He turned his great, flat head, and at sight of the intruder his mane roached and bristled, and he swung about with unbelievable quickness.
From Project Gutenberg
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