poachy

[ poh-chee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, poach·i·er, poach·i·est.

Origin of poachy¹

First recorded in 1700–10; poach ² + -y ¹

And it shall ridy-pidy in the coachy-poachy too; all round the parky-warky with the cock-a-doodle-doo.

Thus they are perpetually using such terminations as lala, nana, coachy-poachy, just as mothers and nurses use them to babies.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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