gotch en · NOUN
Etymology
From Ukrainian га́чі (háči), ґа́чі pl (gáči, “underwear”). Possibly back-formed from diminutive gotchies.
Meanings
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(qualifier:Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Manitoba, slang) Men's underwear.
So I was off atop a mountain, a day out of town and soaked through the gotch, when Jack spotted the American car.
2013, D. W. Wilson, Ballistics, Hamish Hamilton, published 2013, →ISBN:I stopped beside Carl. 'Go ahead,' I told him. 'Pull his gotch right up over his fucking head.'
1998, Steven Erikson, This River Awakens, Tor, published 2013, →ISBN:Hilly howled as he lit the lamp and dove toward us clad in only his gotch.
2009, Milton Ramsden, Northward to Love, Trafford Publishing, published 2009, →ISBN, page 56:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gotches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
gitch · ginch · gotchies · gaunch · gitchies · gonch · gonchies