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Old 12-12-2022, 04:58 PM   #1497
Cecil Terwilliger
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Editorial Note: According to Katherine Barber of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, as quoted in the Edmonton Journal in 2004, this word takes a variety of spellings: “In Saskatchewan, it's gauch, gitch or gotch, but in Alberta it's gaunch, ginch and gonch.
https://www.waywordradio.org/gonch/

Wiktionary gives a slightly more specific version with location:

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gitch. (Saskatchewan, Manitoba, slang) Underwear
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ginch. (Canada, Alberta and British Columbia, slang) Underwear, especially men's briefs.

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