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chinch - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'chinch' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Chinch [ n.]
- The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
- A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called chiniz, chinch bug, chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor.