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PRONUNCIATION:

(kuch [u as in push or bush])

MEANING:

noun:	1. A hiding place, such as a cupboard or a cubbyhole.
	2. A hug or a cuddle.
verb tr.:	To hug or cuddle.
verb intr.:	1. To crouch down.
	2. To hide.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Welsh cwtsh (hug, cuddle, recess, hiding place). Earliest documented use: 1890.

USAGE:

“Oh, lovely Catherine Zeta-Jones,
You make me tingle in my bones.
Fancy a cwtch with me tomorrow,
Or must I wear the Mask of Sorrow?
(poem by Ed Edwards)”
Week 649: Across the Wide What?; The Washington Post; Feb 12, 2006.

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