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单词 hotchi witchu
释义 hotchi witchu|ˈhɒtʃɪ ˈwɪtʃuː|
Also hotchi witchi.
[Romany.]
The gypsy name for a hedgehog.
1843Borrow Zincali (ed. 2) I. i. v. 98 They [sc. gypsies] have been seen..to roast hotchiwitchu or hedgehog.1928Sunday Dispatch 2 Sept. 3/3 The gypsies call the animal ‘Hotchi witchu’, we speak of him as the hedgehog.1935‘X. Petulengro’ Romany Life xix. 79 As we sat..eating our hotchi-witchi, some gentlemen..passed near us and were curious to see what smelt so good.1963C. Duff tr. Clébert's Gipsies v. 185 One of the dishes peculiar to Gypsies is the hedgehog..(in English Gypsy hotchi-witchi).
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