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See also: patch
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
English and German surname of uncertain origin; perhaps from a nickname related to Peter.
Proper noun[edit]
Patch
- A surname.
- 1857, Charles Stewart Drewry, Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, John Jackson Smale, Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery, volume 3, page 368:
- By the Master's report made in the said causes, dated the 18th of June, 1849, the said Master certified that the total amount then due and owing to the Plaintiff John Patch for such arrears of the annuities and annual payments of the said Susanna Jemima Hicks amounted to the sum of 4,489l. 15s. […]
- 2008 February 9, Make friends, “Face Painting anyone? from someone who paints with his penis?”, in australia.radio.broadcast.moderated[1] (Usenet):
- Tim Patch, also known as "Pricasso" for painting up to 20 portraits a day using his penis and sometimes his buttocks, was a guest on Breakfast with O'Neil on Thursday morning. ... "Sexpo is also about a little bit of naughty fun. Miss Nude Australia, Adrianna Starr, revealed a little more than her personality on air on Friday morning, and Pricasso produced a live demonstration of his unique talent."
- 2011, Hugh Nissenson, Pilgrim:
- Among my uncle Roger's farm servants, Esau Fletcher and Peter Patch came to the parsonage house.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Patch”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.