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Word entry · 5 letters

roach

Best crossword clue

"Pest insect"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ɹəʊtʃ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted achorStarts with REnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. cut the mane off (a horse)

Word origin

From Middle English roche, from Old French roche, from Middle Low German roche, ruche (“ray (fish)”), from Old Saxon *rūh, possibly from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz (“rough”).

Used in a sentence

  • In his half hour of free time between brooms it was Willie's custom to smoke his lunch in an alleyway. He'd take just half a roach, only enough to make him feel a new day was starting, no more no less.
  • Last toke is the yellowing fabric of the roach, containing the stuff that is less than tobacco.
  • Yamato roached on his best friend.

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