cwtch

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A cubbyhole or similar hiding place.

   • In front of the pavement again stretched a flat patch of rusty ground, a sort of little platform in the side of the hill where the sagging drying-lines stood and a chickens' cwtch built of orange-boxes.
   • "In better times when the coalman called at our home in William Street he heaved the sacks through the front door and put their contents into the ‘cwtch’ under the stairs, a messy business indeed."
2. 2

   A hug or cuddle.

   • I am expecting the big man to come round the corner and give me a ‘cwtch’ as he has done beside countless rugby fields.
   • I don’t mind them coming in for a quick cwtch before trudging back off to their own rooms, as long as no conversation is required and it is literally just a five-minute cuddle.
3. 3

   To hug, cuddle, embrace, or comfort.

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   1. 4

      To crouch or lie (down).

      • A family are about to have a meal round the kitchen table, so the dog is told to go and “cwtch” in the corner, out of harm’s way.

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