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noun

Lurch n.

An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.

A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch. "Lady - has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch."

To leave one in the lurch.

(a)

In the game of cribbage, to leave one's adversary so far behind that the game is won before he has scored thirty-one.

(b)

To leave one behind; hence, to abandon, or fail to stand by, a person in a difficulty. "But though thou'rt of a different church, I will not leave thee in the lurch."

Lurch n. A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind.

verb

Lurch v. t.

To leave in the lurch; to cheat. (Obs.) "Never deceive or lurch the sincere communicant."

To steal; to rob. (Obs.) "And in the brunt of seventeen battles since He lurched all swords of the garland."

Lurch v. i. To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. (Obs.) "Too far off from great cities, which may hinder business; too near them, which lurcheth all provisions, and maketh everything dear."

Lurch v. i. (past & past part. lurched; pres. part. lurching) To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man; to move forward while lurching.

Lurch v. i.

To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.

To dodge; to shift; to play tricks. "I... am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch."

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Etymology of 'Lurch'

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"Lurch" Quotes from Famous Books

... girl—that was natural enough; it had amused and pleased her to see him lose his head and make a fool of himself like other people; but that he should run away with her after a fortnight, without apparently a word of marrying her—leaving his sister in the lurch— ...

— The History of David Grieve • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... by this catastrophe was heightened by the knowledge that it might have been prevented. The steamer amidships was filled up to her rail with coal, and the boy was thrown overboard by a sudden lurch while walking upon it. Immediately afterwards, lines were rove along the stanchions, to prevent the same thing happening again. The few feet of deck upon which we could walk were slippery with ice, and we kept below, smoking gloomily and saying little. Another violent ...

— Northern Travel - Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland • Bayard Taylor

... Park Lane,—and the wind and rain went with me,—also, thoughts of Dora Grayling. What a bounder I had been,—and was! If there is anything in worse taste than to book a lady for a dance, and then to leave her in the lurch, I should like to know what that thing is,—when found it ought to be made a note of. If any man of my acquaintance allowed himself to be guilty of such a felony in the first degree, I should cut him. I wished someone would ...

— The Beetle - A Mystery • Richard Marsh

... the Chocolate Brigade once. He left Paul and Barnabas in the lurch, and went back to Jerusalem for a rest cure—a religious retreat. Thank God he got sick of it ere long, resigned his commission, and re-enlisting in God's army became a useful soldier ...

— The Chocolate Soldier - Heroism--The Lost Chord of Christianity • C. T. Studd

... door behind them was constructed in two portions, of which the upper stood wide, the lower deceptively on the latch. Against this, as she struggled with Godolphus's ardour, Tilda gave a backward lurch. It yielded, flew open, and child and dog together rolled in across the threshold, while a shop-bell ...

— True Tilda • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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