morachen.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < American Spanish morache, although that is first attested later than the English word (first half of the 20th cent. or earlier), is poorly attested, and is itself of uncertain origin (and could show borrowing < the English word).Perhaps compare Middle French morache , denoting a kind of guitar (a1341, rare), itself of uncertain origin, perhaps related to moresque (adjective) Moorish, in e.g. guiterne moresche , literally ‘Moorish guitar’ (14th cent: see Morisco adj.); however, no corresponding word is attested in European Spanish. The hypothesis of a connection between the Middle French and North American Spanish (or English) words poses chronological, geographical, and semantic problems.