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knotchel

knotchel is the alternative form of notchel.

Meaning of notchel

Noun

notchel (uncountable)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, Lancashire) The repudiation of a wife by her husband, who thereby refuses to pay her debts.
    • to cry notchel; the practice of notchel crying

Questions about knotchel

What is knotchel the alternative form of?
Knotchel is the alternative form of notchel.

Words near knotchel in the dictionary

  1. knot-hole
  2. knot-horn
  3. knot-horns
  4. knotberries
  5. knotberry
  6. knotchel
  7. knotenschiefer
  8. knotful
  9. knotfulness
  10. knotfuls
  11. knotgrass

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