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farfetch en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɑː(ɹ)fɛt͡ʃ/

Etymology

From far + fetch.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Anything brought from afar, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem.
   • But Jesuits have deeper reaches In all their politic far-fetches 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “(please specify the page)”, in Hudibras. The First Part. […], London: […] J. G. for Richard Marriot, […], →OCLC:
2. Long distance
   • "`Come!' I said, for I thought she wandered. `Eat of the food and let us be gone. It is a far fetch from here to Akatan.' 1900 April 7, Jack London, “(please specify the page number(s))”, in The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:

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