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Definition of Retched
1. retch [v] - See also: retch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retched
Literary usage of Retched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Thirty-five years of his firm and resolute rule obliterated practically all traces
of the ft-retched controversies that distracted the diocese under his ..."
2. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1854)
"In such cases, the «retched criminal was prevailed upon by intimidation, perhaps
in many cases «here the necessary proof of guilt could not be adduced, ..."
3. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"... or " The A\ retched." When grown to man's estate, Guerin fell in love with
the princess .... retched ..."
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