quickhatch

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quickhatch

/ˈkwɪkhatʃ/ UK

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From East Cree *ᑸᐦᑾᐦᐋᒉᐤ (*kwiihkwahaacew) (modern Cree ᑮᐦᑿᐦᐋᐦᑫᐤ (kiihkwahaahkew, “wolverine”); compare Ojibwe gwiingwa'aage); assimilated to quick + hatch, omitting the middle syllable present in older forms.

noun quickhatches · quickehatch · quickèhatch · quiquehatch · queequehatch · quequahatch

Canada The wolverine.

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@misc{quickhatch_2026,
  title = {quickhatch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quickhatch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}