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Grammar : Verb

Definition of quelch

Origin : 1650s, shortening of squelch, perhaps influenced by quench. Related: Quelched; quelching.

As in repress : verb keep back, hold in
As in squelch : verb suppress, restrain
As in strangle : verb choke, stifle
As in crush : verb defeating soundly

Example sentences :

There were deeper currents than any he had seen at Gaffer Quelch's school.
Extract from : « The Hero of Garside School » by J. Harwood Panting

The astonishment of Mr Quelch on hearing this knew no bounds.
Extract from : « Ben Burton » by W. H. G. Kingston

Tried at Boston with the rest of Quelch's crew in June, 1704.
Extract from : « The Pirates' Who's Who » by Philip Gosse

Tried for piracy with the rest of Captain Quelch's crew at Boston.
Extract from : « The Pirates' Who's Who » by Philip Gosse

Tried for piracy with the rest of Quelch's crew at Boston in 1704.
Extract from : « The Pirates' Who's Who » by Philip Gosse

One of Captain Quelch's crew taken out of the Larimore galley.
Extract from : « The Pirates' Who's Who » by Philip Gosse

I came down such a quelch that it knocked all the sense out of me, and my head feels all knocked on one side.
Extract from : « A Dash from Diamond City » by George Manville Fenn

Mr Quelch—Will depict a fool who wishes to become a knave, and trusting to one, gets killed by one.
Extract from : « Customs and Fashions in Old New England » by Alice Morse Earle

Why, man, Quelch swung there till he rotted and the rope too, and what would I want of his furniture?
Extract from : « Wilderness of Spring » by Edgar Pangborn

He used to be my chum at Quelch's, but he left there a term ago, and went to Garside.
Extract from : « The Hero of Garside School » by J. Harwood Panting

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