cherch
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French chercher.
Verb edit
cherch (third-person singular simple present cherches, present participle cherching, simple past and past participle cherched)
- (US military slang, World War I) To scrounge, to obtain in an unintended fashion, to scrape together.
References edit
- 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 edit
Noun edit
cherch
- Alternative form of chirche