"tetched" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1889, Laura E. Richards, chapter 9, in Queen Hildegarde:",
          "text": "\"His mind was as keen as a razor, an' as straight-edged, 'xcept jest on one subject. On that he was, so to say, a little—wal—a little tetched.\"",
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          "ref": "1959 April 21, Ann Landers, \"Oh Why Can't He See 'Dawn's Early Light'?, St. Petersburg Times (USA) (retrieved 26 June 2012)",
          "text": "Just because he has trouble with the last verse of the Star Spangled Banner doesn't mean he's tetched. Maybe he has a mental block because you've been hammering him over the skull for three years about it."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982 Sep. 27, Mary Cantwell, \"Books Of The Times\" (review of Goosefoot by Patrick McGinley), New York Times (retrieved 26 June 2012)",
          "text": "There's a murderer about, but how can you spot him when everyone is moon-tetched?"
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        "Touched: mildly deranged, somewhat mentally dysfunctional."
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        "(chiefly US, colloquial) Touched: mildly deranged, somewhat mentally dysfunctional."
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          "sense": "mildly deranged",
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          "ref": "1899, Bret Harte, “Dick Spindler's Family Christmas”, in Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation and Other Stories:",
          "text": "\"They ain't bin tetched or handled by any one but the Kempany's agents.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1900, O. Henry, The Reformation Of Calliope:",
          "text": "\"That bullet never tetched ye!\"",
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        "Touched: physically contacted, impacted, or handled."
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        "(chiefly US, colloquial) Touched: physically contacted, impacted, or handled."
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    },
    {
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    }
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        },
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          "text": "Just because he has trouble with the last verse of the Star Spangled Banner doesn't mean he's tetched. Maybe he has a mental block because you've been hammering him over the skull for three years about it."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982 Sep. 27, Mary Cantwell, \"Books Of The Times\" (review of Goosefoot by Patrick McGinley), New York Times (retrieved 26 June 2012)",
          "text": "There's a murderer about, but how can you spot him when everyone is moon-tetched?"
        }
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        "Touched: mildly deranged, somewhat mentally dysfunctional."
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          "text": "\"They ain't bin tetched or handled by any one but the Kempany's agents.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1900, O. Henry, The Reformation Of Calliope:",
          "text": "\"That bullet never tetched ye!\"",
          "type": "quote"
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      ],
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        "Touched: physically contacted, impacted, or handled."
      ],
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