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twitch noun- a prostitute US
- Hey, Billy boy, you remember that time in Seattle you and me picked up those two twitches? One of the best rolls I ever had. — Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, p. 98, 1962
- a personal pleasure US
- “Rather have the broad,” Malatesta said. “Every man’s got his own twitch,” the bartender said. — George V. Higgins, The Rat on Fire, p. 74, 1981
- a bird-watching trip UK
Bird-watchers’ slang, from the observation that many birdwatchers do twitch with excitement. - — New Society, 17 November 1977
- in hospital usage, a hypochondriac US
- — Sally Williams, “Strong” Words, p. 164, 1994
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