Meanings
plural bally-warches
- alternativeLancashireAlternative spelling of bellywark.
Th' singers couldn't get forrud for laughin'. One on 'em whisper't to Thwittler, an' axed him if his fiddle had getten th' bally-warche.
1867, Edwin Waugh, Th' Barrel Organ
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bally-warche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bally-warche
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