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teuch

teuch is the alternative form of teugh.

Meaning of teugh

Adjective

teugh (comparative more teugh, superlative most teugh)

  1. (Northumbria, Scotland) tough, stubborn
    • Teugh, adj. (Pr. of the eu much as in Teuflt). Tough.
      "With cordes enewe and ropys Teugh
      The Jues felle my limmes out-droghe
      For that I was not mete enoghe
      Unto the bore"1868, John Christopher Atkinson, A glossary of the Cleveland dialect: explanatory, derivative, and critical, A. and C. Black, page 526

Forms of teuch

comparativeteucher
superlativeteuchest

Questions about teuch

What is teuch the alternative form of?
Teuch is the alternative form of teugh.

Words near teuch in the dictionary

  1. Tetzlaffs
  2. TEU
  3. teucalli
  4. teucallis
  5. Teucer
  6. teuch
  7. teuchat
  8. teuchats
  9. teucher
  10. teuchest
  11. teuchi-shiki

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