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Definition for LURCH
LURCH
LURCH'ED
LURCH
, v.t.
To defeat; to disappoint, that is, to evade; as, to lurch the expectation. [Little used.] – South.
To steal; to filch; to pilfer. [Little used.] – Johnson.
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