turnbroach
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Etymology edit
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turnbroach (plural turnbroaches)
- (obsolete) A turnspit.
- c. 1613, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, “Wit at Several Weapons. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene i:
- Has not a deputy married his cook-maid? An alderman's widow, one that was her turnbroach?