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- verb Present participle of
pech .
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Examples
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Wee Jean staggered, her wee legs trembling, peching like a collie dog, winded after rounding up an unruly flock of sheep.
A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010
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By the time he reached the second floor, he was peching and remembering exactly why he liked living in Patience's basement.
Strip Jack Rankin, Ian, 1960- 1992
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Honest man, he had had a sore fecht with the wind and the sleet, and he came in with a shawl roppined round his neck, peching like a broken-winded horse; so fain was he to find a rest for his weary carcass in our stuffed chintz pattern elbow-chair by the fire cheek.
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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Honest man, he had had a sore fecht with the wind and the sleet, and he came in with a shawl roppined round his neck, peching like a broken-winded horse; so fain was he to find a rest for his weary carcass in our stuffed chintz pattern elbow-chair by the fire cheek.
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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