fotch

F4O1T1C3H4

A form of fetch — To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verb
  1. obsoletepronunciation spellingAfrican-American VernacularPronunciation spelling of fetch.

    I'll fotch him, Miss Jinny.

    1901, Winston Churchill, The Crisis, Complete
    1 more example

    "I'll fotch her up," volunteered Texas, who had a hyena's hankering after dead bodies.

    1871, John William De Forest, Overland
  2. obsoleteparticiplepastAfrican-American Vernacularsimple past and past participle of fetch; fetched

    My granmammy done hear me bawlin an go fotch me to my mammy's house.

    1936-1938, Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States
    1 more example

    Brer Rabbit come prancin' 'long twel he spy de Tar-Baby, en den he fotch up on his behine legs like he wuz 'stonished.

    1900, Louise Manly, Southern Literature From 1579-1895

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Chicago

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