turnbroach

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noun

A turnspit.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounturnbroach (plural turnbroaches)

plural turnbroaches

  1. obsoleteA turnspit.

    Has not a deputy married his cook-maid? An alderman's widow, one that was her turnbroach?

    c. 1613, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, “Wit at Several Weapons. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene i

Origin

From turn + broach.

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APA

turnbroach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turnbroach

MLA

“turnbroach.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turnbroach. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turnbroach,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turnbroach.

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