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hulches

hulches is the plural of hulch.

Meaning of hulch

Noun

hulch (plural hulches)

  1. (obsolete) A hunch, hump (on the back).
    • I am quite lost in my understanding when I reflect upon the admirable invention of Pythagoras, who by the number, either even or odd, of the syllables of every name, would tell you of what side a man was lame, hulch-backed, blind, gouty, troubled with the palsy, pleurisy, or any other distemper...1653, Francis Rabelais [i.e., François Rabelais], translated by [Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux], The Works of Francis Rabelais, Doctor in Physick: Containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroick...
  2. (dialectal) A thick slice, hunk.

Questions about hulches

What is hulches the plural of?
Hulches is the plural of hulch.

Words near hulches in the dictionary

  1. Hulaulá
  2. hulbah
  3. Hulbert
  4. Hulberts
  5. hulch
  6. hulches
  7. Hulda
  8. Huldah
  9. huldee
  10. huldre
  11. huldres

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