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gonch

gonch noun: men's brief-style underwear.

Noun

gonch

  1. (slang, Alberta and British Columbia) Men's brief-style underwear.
    • I better do laundry tonight, I'm going to need some clean gonch in the morning
    • He was standing in his gonch with his big belly hanging over.1996, Richard Van Camp, The Lesser Blessed, Douglas & McIntyre, published 1996, →ISBN

Examples of gonch in a sentence

  • He rented a room in his old neighbourhood and relaxed in his gonch.2005, Robert Arthur Strandquist, A Small Dog Barking: Stories, Anvil Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 29:
  • Arty works for metrosexuals and gays, but not guys who think of themselves as 'real men.' Maybe have him in his gonch doing stuff like sharpening his skate blades.”2012, Savanna Fox, The Dirty Girls Book Club, Berkley, published 2012, →ISBN:

Forms of gonch

alternative formgotch
alternative formginch
alternative formgitch
alternative formgonchies
alternative formgotchies
alternative formginchies
alternative formgitchies

Origin of gonch

From gitch, a variation of gotch, from Ukrainian га́чі (háči), ґа́чі pl (gáči).

Words formed from gonch

Words that rhyme with gonch

Questions about gonch

What does gonch mean?
Gonch means men's brief-style underwear.
How do you use gonch in a sentence?
He rented a room in his old neighbourhood and relaxed in his gonch.
What part of speech is gonch?
Gonch is a noun.

Words near gonch in the dictionary

  1. Goncalo
  2. Goncalos
  3. Goncalves
  4. gonce
  5. Gonces
  6. gonch
  7. gonch pull
  8. Gonchar
  9. Goncharov
  10. Goncharovian
  11. gonchies

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