tench
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English tenche, from Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca.
Noun[edit]
tench (plural tench or tenches)
- A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.
Translations[edit]
species of freshwater game fish
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Further reading[edit]
- “tench”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Etymology 2[edit]
Contraction.
Noun[edit]
tench (plural tenches)
- (UK, slang, obsolete) A penitentiary.
References[edit]
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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