tench

Etymology 1

From Middle English tenche, from Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca.

noun

  1. A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.

Etymology 2

Contraction.

noun

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A penitentiary.

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