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hutch - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'hutch' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hutch [ n.]
- A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch.
- A measure of two Winchester bushels.
- The case of a flour bolt.
- A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.
- A jig for washing ore.
2 . Hutch [ v. t.]
- To hoard or lay up, in a chest.
- To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
3 . Hutch [ v. t. & i.]
- To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters.