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tatch

tatch noun: a spot or stain.

Noun

tatch (plural tatches)

  1. (obsolete) A spot or stain.
  2. (obsolete) A trick.
  3. (obsolete) A quality (appearance or feel).
    • Their grazing feast will haue a wearish tatch1594, William Percy, Barley-breake (poem)
    • he shall prove a noble knight of prowess, as good as any is living, and gentle and courteous, and of good tatches, and passing true of his promise, and never shall outrage.1906, Thomas Malory and John Rhys, edited by Ernest Rhys, Le Morte d'Arthur

Forms of tatch

pluraltatches

Origin of tatch

From French tache (“spot”). See techy and tache.

Questions about tatch

What does tatch mean?
Tatch means a spot or stain.
What part of speech is tatch?
Tatch is a noun.
What is the plural of tatch?
The plural of tatch is tatches.

Words near tatch in the dictionary

  1. tataupas
  2. tataus
  3. Tataviam
  4. tatbeb
  5. tatbebs
  6. tatch
  7. Tatchell
  8. tatches
  9. tate
  10. Tate County
  11. Tate's Cairn

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