torchy

[ tawr-chee ]

adjective

, torch·i·er, torch·i·est.

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a torch song or a torch singer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of torchy¹

1620–30, in sense “full of torches”; 1940–45 for this sense; torch ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

I did discover one thing, though, Torchy; there's a girl mixed up in the affair.

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So Torchy remained on this side, and whether or not his stay was a total loss is for you to decide.

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No matter what my fool doctors say, Torchy, I mean to take a night or two off when she comes.

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Well, you just tell him, Torchy, that I'm tied up here and can't say when I'll be through.

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When they started out on their regular run, he told Fogg what Torchy had imparted to him.

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