See ruche in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Clad in a leather bodice and black skirts ruched up past her knees, the wild-haired rescuer pushed a pair of brass goggles up onto her mop of red locks and squinted. “Well, this is a fine mess,” she said.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To bunch up (fabric); to ruck up."
],
"links": [
[
"ruck",
"ruck"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹuːʃ/"
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-uːʃ"
}
],
"word": "ruche"
}
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