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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as roach, 2.

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Examples

  • An 'he rotch' down an 'rotch' down an 'tek' hold of

    Humorous Ghost Stories Dorothy Scarborough 1906

  • So he rotch down, an 'he rotch down, twell he git a good hold on dat pricklesome stem of dat bestest pumpkin whut in de patch, an' he jes yank dat stem wid all he might.

    The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews

  • An 'he rotch down an' rotch down, an 'tek hold of a lively appearin' hunk o 'wood whut right dar.

    The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews

  • He rotch down, an 'he raise up de pumpkin, an' he perambulate right quick to he ma's shack, an 'he lift up de latch, an' he open de do ', an' he yenter in.

    The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews

  • So he scoot past dat buryin'-ground whut on de hill, an 'dat cemuntary whut betwixt an' between, an 'dat grabeyard in de hollow, twell he come to de pumpkin-patch, an' he rotch down an 'tek erhold ob de bestest pumpkin whut in de patch.

    The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews

  • So he rotch 'down, an' he rotch 'down, twell he git' a good hold on dat pricklesome stem of dat bestest pumpkin whut in de patch, an 'he jes yank' dat stem wid all he might.

    Humorous Ghost Stories Dorothy Scarborough 1906

  • So he scoot 'past dat buryin'-ground whut on de hill, an' dat cemuntary whut betwixt an 'between, an' dat grabeyard in de hollow, twell he come 'to de pumpkin-patch, an' he rotch 'down an' tek 'erhold ob de bestest pumpkin whut in de patch. An' he right smart scared.

    Humorous Ghost Stories Dorothy Scarborough 1906

  • He rotch 'down, an' he raise 'up de pumpkin, an' he perambulate 'right quick to he ma's shack, an' he lift 'up de latch, an' he open 'de do', an 'he yenter' in.

    Humorous Ghost Stories Dorothy Scarborough 1906

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