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torchy

[ tawr-chee ]
/ ˈtɔr tʃi /

adjective, torch·i·er, torch·i·est.

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

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Origin of torchy

1620–30, in sense “full of torches”; 1940–45 for this sense; torch1 + -y1

Words nearby torchy

torchon lace, torch singer, torch song, TORCH syndrome, torchwood, torchy, Tordesillas, tore, toreador, toreador pants, Torecan
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