carriwitchet

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly a humorous alteration of catechism.

Noun[edit]

carriwitchet (plural carriwitchets)

(rare) An absurd question; a quibble; a conundrum; a pun; a piece of jocularity or facetiousness.

Related terms[edit]

carritch

References[edit]

World Wide Words
“carriwitchet”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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