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Ginch vs Winch - What's the difference?

ginch | winch |

As nouns the difference between ginch and winch

is that ginch is underwear, especially men's briefs while winch is a machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a pawl, and a crank handle, with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope.

As a verb winch is

to use a winch.

ginch

English

Etymology 1

(Undergarment) Variation of (gotch), from (etyl) .

Noun

(-)
  • (Canada, Alberta and British Columbia, slang) Underwear]], especially [[men, men's briefs.
  • * 2000 , John Farrow, City of Ice , HarperCollins (2000), ISBN 0006481051, page 71:
    • She stowed the ginch she had just received as a gift in the dresser out of harm's way.
  • * 2012 , Kim Firmston, Hook Up , James Lorimer & Company Ltd. (2012), ISBN 9781459400306, page 25:
    • Grabbing clean pants and ginch , I get re-dressed.
  • * 2012 , Sandi Bezanson-Chan, " Summer Jobs Series: Learning to handle 'ginch' in the hotel laundry", National Post , 14 July 2012:
    • I got the hang of it after about 20 or 30 sheets and was settling into the routine when, reaching into the trolley, I was horrified to spy a pair of men’s Jockey underpants in amongst the sheets. I stopped cold and let out a shriek (remember, I was 14). Shirley calmly looked into the trolley and said, “Oh for Christ’s sake – it’s just a pair of ginch !”
    Synonyms
    * See also .

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (es)
  • (British, slang, taboo) vagina, pussy

    • References

    * * Barber, Katherine. " 11 Favourite Regionalisms Within Canada", in David Vallechinsky and Amy Wallace (2005). The Book of Lists , Canadian Edition. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-676-97720-2.

    Anagrams

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    winch

    English

    (wikipedia winch)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) *winkjo- , ultimately from the (etyl) root , whence also (l).

    Noun

    (es)
  • A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a pawl, and a crank handle, with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope.
  • (nautical) A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501).
  • * 2013 , . Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 27. p. 267.
  • *:It runs on clattering steel tracks; the driver sits in a cab over the tracks, operating the controls that rotate the arm and turn the winch .
  • A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).
  • A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness.
    • (Shelton)

    Verb

    (es)
  • To use a winch
    • Winch in those sails, lad!

    Etymology 2

    See wince.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To wince; to shrink
  • To kick with impatience or uneasiness.