lurch
/lɜɹt͡ʃ/ noun C2- A predicament or difficult situation. · to leave someone in the lurch
- An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
- A double score in cribbage for the winner when their adversary has not yet pegged their 31st hole. · August 14, 1784, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. H. S. Conway Lady Blandford has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch.
Plural lurches
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