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lurch

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lurch1

▶noun a sudden unsteady movement. ▶verb make such a movement; stagger.

– origin C17: of unknown origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lurch2

▶noun (in phr. leave someone in the lurch) leave someone in a difficult situation without assistance or support.

– origin C16: from Fr. lourche, the name of a game resembling backgammon, used in the phr. demeurer lourche ‘be discomfited’.

'lurch' also found in these Oxford entries:

lurcher - reel - stot

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