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unpoached

unpoached adjective: not poached (illicitly hunted).

Adjective

unpoached (not comparable)

  1. Not poached (illicitly hunted).
    • Spain is the wild, unpoached, game-preserve of Europe, in which I have had some months' pursuit and sport, all to myself.1848, [William] Wilkie Collins, Memoirs of the Life of William Collins, Esq., R. A., volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Longman, […]

Origin of unpoached

From un- + poached.

Questions about unpoached

What does unpoached mean?
Unpoached means not poached (illicitly hunted).
What part of speech is unpoached?
Unpoached is an adjective.

Words near unpoached in the dictionary

  1. unpluralistic
  2. unpluralized
  3. unplutocratic
  4. unpneumatised
  5. unpneumatized
  6. unpoached
  7. unpocket
  8. unpocketed
  9. unpocketing
  10. unpockets
  11. unpodded

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