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1615–25; < Spanish chinche < Latin cīmic- (stem of cīmex) bug
1615–25; < Spanish chinche < Latin cīmic- (stem of cīmex) bug
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Chinch
is always a great word to know.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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World English Dictionary
| chinch (tʃɪntʃ) | |
| —n | |
| (Southern US) another name for a bedbug | |
| [C17: from Spanish chinche, from Latin cīmex bug] | |
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Word Origin & History
chinch
1616, from Sp./Port. chinche (dim. chinchilla) "bug," from L. cimex (acc. cimicem) "bedbug."
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