curchy

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜːt͡ʃi/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɝt͡ʃi/

Noun

curchy (plural curchies)

(later dialectal) Obsolete form of curtsey.
- 1551, Robert Crowley, Philargyrie of greate Britayne‎, London: Robert Crowly, page 49:
  He made curchie / And lowted to the grownde / Than ſayde the lad / I am ryght glad / I haue your loꝛdſhipe founde […]
- 1708, Marius D'Aſſigny, “The Diviſion”, in An Antidote againſt the Pernicious Errors of the Anabaptiſts‎, 2nd edition, London: W. Taylor and H. Clements, pages 34–35:
  And they ought not only with a nod or bow or curchy anſwer the Miniſter's Queſtions, but in expreſs terms as order'd by the Rubrick […]
- 1890, “Gettin' a Nail Put in the Hoss's Shu”, in Sarah P. McLean Greene, Vesty of the Basins‎, New York: Harper Brothers, page 34:
  'Mis' Garrison,' says Fluke, 'I'll drive ye 'round wherever ye wants me to, but I'll be d—d if I'll curchy to ye!' So she fetched along an imported one.

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