cwtching

Verb

cwtch (third-person singular simple present cwtches, present participle cwtching, simple past and past participle cwtched)

1. (Wales) To hug, cuddle, embrace, or comfort.

   Synonyms:

   accoll, amplect, beclip, clip, coll, strain, hold, complect, comply, embrace

2. (Wales) To crouch or lie (down).
   • A family are about to have a meal round the kitchen table, so the dog is told to go and “cwtch” in the corner, out of harm’s way.2014, Alan Meats, “Toffee Dabs and Doughboys”, in Valley Boy Goes West: Memoirs of a Parish Priest, Guildford, Surrey: Grosvenor House Publishing Limited, →ISBN, pages 1–2

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