roachyadj.
/ˈrəʊtʃi/, U.S. /ˈroʊtʃi/ Chiefly U.S.
Infested with roaches. Also: belonging to or characteristic of roaches.
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1835 Cincinnati Mirror 13 June 265/2 When your cask has had the advantages of a roachy ship for three or four months, knock off..the outside cask, shovel away the living mass which you will find incrusting the inner one, and when you take the wine, pray have some one to hold your nose.
1882 Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gaz. 23 Dec. The waste and desert gloom of Malone's establishment with its mackerel scented halls and roachy corners.
1937 F. S. Fitzgerald Let. 8 Oct. (1964) 19 You are right that romantic things really happen in roachy kitchens and back yards.
1979 P. L. G. Bateman Household Pests ii. 93 They contaminate more than they consume, polluting everything with a foul ‘roachy’ odour which is persistent.
2002 A. Proulx That Old Ace in Hole (2003) v. 46 Several Bibles, including one in the roachy bathroom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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