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Definition of Dunches
1. dunch [n] - See also: dunch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dunches
Literary usage of Dunches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1906)
"King James I said to one of these dunches (for 'tis an old Family), when his
Majesty ask'd his Name & he answered Dunch, Ay (saith the King), Dunch by Name, ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Another Cromwell Aunt of Oliver's was married to " Whalley, heir of the Whalley
family in Notts;" another to the "heir of the dunches of Pusey, in Berkshire ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1822)
"... and that was recoverable, should be retrieved, and the faces of the dunches
and the Hopkins, with the wondering looks of praise, be again revived. ..."
Other Resources:
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