runch

British

/ rʌntʃ /

noun

the white charlock See charlock

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Etymology

Origin of runch

C16: of obscure origin

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runch

Runch, runch, n. the charlock: the wild radish.—n.pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

"You wicked, meddlesome, nasty children!" she said, "ain't you got enough of your own good ground to runch up and spoil but you must come into my little lot?"

From The Wouldbegoods by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

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