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Roach

noun

A roll of hair brushed back from the forehead.

The butt of a marijuana cigarette.

Street names for flunitrazepan. Synonyms: circle, forget me drug, Mexican valium, R-2, roofy, rope, rophy.

Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests. Synonym: cockroach.

European freshwater food fish having a greenish back. Synonym: Rutilus rutilus.

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"Roach" Quotes from Famous Books

... which suggested the story. The Greenfields were Quakers, originally from Philadelphia. One of the wealthiest members of the family was a little weazen-faced old maid, of fifty years or more. Her overseer was a large, fine looking young man named Roach. After he had been in her service a year she took a fancy to him, and proposed to give him twenty thousand dollars if he would marry her. He accepted, and they were duly married. A year after she grew tired of wedlock, and proposed ...

— The Citizen-Soldier - or, Memoirs of a Volunteer • John Beatty

... trap-lines, and I wasn't bothered much by callers. And I fed and clothed my tribe for eight straight weeks, fed 'em until they grew fat, Boy—and Yellow Bird's eyes were bright as stars again. Then I brought Roach—that was his name—back to his empty post, and I lectured him, an' gave him another ...

— The Country Beyond - A Romance of the Wilderness • James Oliver Curwood

... the Eutaw creek, flanking the Buffs, and the cavalry under Major Coffin were drawn up in the open field in the rear; these were not numerous. The artillery were posted on the Charleston road and the one leading to Roach's plantation.—The action commenced about a mile from the fountain. Marion and Pickens continued to advance and fire, but the North Carolina militia broke at the third round.—Sumner with the new raised troops, then occupied their place, and behaved gallantly. ...

— A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion • William Dobein James

... good news, I thought; and soon afterwards Mr Gale told me to go into the cabin. The captain, who was looking over some papers, scarcely raised his head as I entered. "Oh, Jack Williams—is that your name, boy?" said he. "You are to help Roach, the steward. Go to him; he'll show you what you are to do." The steward soon gave me plenty of work cleaning up things; for the captain was a very particular man, and would always have everything in the ...

— Old Jack • W.H.G. Kingston

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