"cherch" meaning in English

See cherch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cherch.wav Forms: cherches [present, singular, third-person], cherching [participle, present], cherched [participle, past], cherched [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from French chercher. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|chercher}} Borrowed from French chercher Head templates: {{en-verb}} cherch (third-person singular simple present cherches, present participle cherching, simple past and past participle cherched)
  1. (US military slang, World War I) To scrounge, to obtain in an unintended fashion, to scrape together. Tags: US, World-War-I, slang

Inflected forms

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