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Definition of Raunch

1. Noun. The quality of lacking taste and refinement.

Definition of Raunch

1. v. t. See Ranch.

Definition of Raunch

1. Noun. Low class condition or content; inferiority; inadequacy. ¹

2. Noun. Dishonorable, base, and vulgar expression. ¹

3. Noun. Socially unacceptable sexual behavior. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Raunch

1. vulgarity [n -ES] - See also: vulgarity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Raunch

Literary usage of Raunch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Canada, the New Nation: A Book for the Settler, the Emigrant and the Politician by Harry Richmond Whates (1906)
"When they have lost their money, as they sometimes do, they still "raunch"—as "cow- punchers," for somebody else, at from twenty dollars to forty dollars a ..."

2. Shropshire Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Etc., Used by Georgina Frederica Jackson (1879)
"... [r'au'nsh and r'aun-s], va to tear up ; to bite at eagerly, as of grass : said of cattle,—' Thoy'n be glad to raunch that feg up w'en they can get ..."

3. Report and Transactions (1884)
"raunch = green, uncooked. ' My husband is fond of what I call raunch things, as cucumbers.' Same authority as for ' Up-sise.'—May 25th, 1884. S. II. ..."

4. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of by Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art (1884)
"raunch = green, uncooked. ' My husband is fond of what I call raunch things, as cucumbers.' Same authority as for ' Up-sise ..."

5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"RAP. To exchange, to swap ; an exchange ; a piece cut off [as a strip of cloth, wood, etc.] RARE. Raw, underdone—applied to meat. raunch. ..."

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