Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
manche . - An obsolete form of
munch .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
manche . - transitive verb obsolete To munch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun heraldry a
long stylised sleeve - verb obsolete
munch
Etymologies
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From French manche, from Latin manica.
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Examples
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George Galloway has been slightly economical with the truth regarding his maunch vaunted "public meetings" he is appearing at around the country in February.
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In the spandril above the outer archway is carved, 'amid elegant scroll-work and foliage, an arm, vested in an ermine maunch, the hand grasping a golden fleur-de-lys' -- the old coat-armour of the Mohuns; and on the other spandril 'three lions passant in pale,' the bearing of the Carews.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote
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And maunch Apples or Cakes, while some Neighbour you hugg;
Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol. 5 of 6 Thomas D'Urfey 1688
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