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dretches

dretches is the plural of dretch.

Meaning of dretch

Noun

dretch (plural dretches)

  1. An idle wench; a slattern.
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) A person slow in the execution of a job; a dawdler.

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Questions about dretches

What is dretches the plural of?
Dretches is the plural of dretch.

Words near dretches in the dictionary

  1. dressy
  2. drest
  3. dret
  4. dretch
  5. dretched
  6. dretches
  7. dretching
  8. dretful
  9. Dretskean
  10. Dretskian
  11. dreul

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