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ouche.

A brooch or clasp for fastening a piece of clothing together, especially when set with jewels or valuable.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/aʊtʃ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. A brooch or clasp for fastening a piece of clothing together, especially when set with jewels or valuable.

    historical · poetic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English ouche, from nouche, which in phrases like a nouche was re-analyzed as an ouche (rebracketing). From Anglo-Norman nusche and Old French nusche (with metanalysis), from a Germanic source; compare German Nusche, Proto-Germanic *hnuts.

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