farfetch

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/ˈfɑː(ɹ)fɛt͡ʃ/

noun

Anything brought from afar, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem.

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Meanings

nounfarfetch (plural farfetches)

plural farfetches

  1. obsoleteAnything brought from afar, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem.

    But Jesuits have deeper reaches In all their politic far-fetches

    1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “(please specify the page)”, in Hudibras. The First Part. […], London: […] J. G. for Richard Marriot, […], →OCLC
  2. Long distance

    "`Come!' I said, for I thought she wandered. `Eat of the food and let us be gone. It is a far fetch from here to Akatan.'

    1900 April 7, Jack London, “(please specify the page number(s))”, in The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC

Origin

From far + fetch.

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APA

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MLA

“farfetch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farfetch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “farfetch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farfetch.

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