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torchy, a.|ˈtɔːtʃɪ|
[f. torch n. + -y.]
1. Full of torches; in which torches are used. rare.
1629F. Lenton Gallant's Whirligigg 16 All his spangled rare perfum'd attires, Which once so glistred in the Torchy Fryers, Must to the Broakers to compound his debt.
2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a torch song or torch singer. colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.).
1941W. C. Handy Father of Blues xxi. 285 The torchiest of all torch songs, Melancholy Baby. 1962[see slinky a.]. 1977Time 25 July 60/2 He is married to Actress Diahnne Abbott, whose torchy rendition of Honeysuckle Rose in New York, New York upstages Liza Minnelli's belting. |
