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▪ I. pooch, n. and a. colloq. (orig. U.S.).|puːtʃ|
[Etym. obscure.]
A. n. A dog, esp. a mongrel.
B. adj. Mongrel. rare.
1924B. Hecht Cutie vi. 46 All you do is sink your teeth in my shoulder and make noises like a basket full of hungry pooches. 1927Collier's 3 Dec. 32/4 Therefore, at home, the trick pooch got all the attention, eating at the table with the family. 1941Baker N.Z. Slang vii. 60 Hundreds of Australian terms are unused here{ddd}pooch.., for instance,..a greyhound. 1951C. Armstrong Black-Eyed Stranger (1952) iii. 27 It wasn't even my dog... But..I'd more or less met the pooch. 1962Country Life 19 Apr. 895/1 The training of dogs, whether pedigree or pooch, has assumed considerable importance during the last 80 years. 1963O. Breland Animal Life & Lore i. 15 There is one very old claim of an ancient pooch of 34 years. 1971Sunday Australian 8 Aug. 39/2 You've got some useful ammunition to aim at that noisy cherished little pooch next door. 1977Cornish Times 19 Aug. 15/1, I tend to fury when children cannot play games on fields intended for their use without falling on some pooch's revolting mess. 1977J. Wambaugh Black Marble (1978) v. 68, I got more invested in that pooch than you made in the last five years.
▪ II. pooch
obs. and dial. form of pouch. |