亚洲网紅露点

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culch

or cultch

[ kuhlch ]

noun

  1. the stones, old shells, etc., forming an oyster bed and furnishing points of attachment for the spawn of oysters.
  2. the spawn of oysters.
  3. Also sculch, scultch []. Eastern New England. rubbish; refuse:

    The attic has been a convenient depository for more than 80 years of culch.



verb (used with object)

  1. to prepare (an oyster bed) with culch.

culch

/ 办蕦濒迟蕛 /

noun

  1. a mass of broken stones, shells, and gravel that forms the basis of an oyster bed
  2. the oyster spawn attached to such a structure
  3. dialect.
    refuse; rubbish
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of culch1

First recorded in 1660鈥70; perhaps metathetic variant of clutch 2; but note Old French culche couch
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of culch1

C17: perhaps ultimately from Old French culche bed, couch
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Example Sentences

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The technique involves coating the sea bed with culch - oyster shells recycled from restaurants and shucking houses.

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She admitted, though, that it would be harder to resurrect oyster beds in the UK where there is insufficient spat, than in the US where there is plenty of spat but insufficient culch.

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Culch. eventually lands a sole in a very damaged condition.

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But I don't quite see why鈥斺 Culch.

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Possibly I'm stupid but it seems to me that this makes it all incredibly worse锟絝ive people and all this culch loading up a common carrier in times such as these just to call upon an ailing aunt.

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