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thrutch
(thrutch)
Pronunciation:
/θrʌtʃ/
noun
Northern English
a narrow gorge or ravine.
verb
[
no object, with adverbial of direction
]
chiefly
Mountaineering
push, press, or squeeze into a space:
I thrutched up the final crack to a small pinnacle
Origin:
Old English
(as a verb), of West Germanic origin
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