cherch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chercher.

Verb

cherch (third-person singular simple present cherches, present participle cherching, simple past and past participle cherched)

1. (US military slang, World War I) To scrounge, to obtain in an unintended fashion, to scrape together.

References

• Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎^[1], volume 47, number 1/2, page 29

Middle English

Noun

cherch

1. Alternative form of chirche