A small vessel known as a ketch had recently been captured from the. From Wordnik.com. [American Men of Action] Reference
"A ketch is a two-masted craft, Master Geoffrey," John Lirriper said. From Wordnik.com. [By England's Aid Or, the Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-1604] Reference
A ketch is a sort of ship, father, though I don't quite know what sort of ship. From Wordnik.com. [By England's Aid Or, the Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-1604] Reference
With the "ketch" begins what has been called the mast-and-a-half division of sailing vessels. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891] Reference
I dredged up from my memory the term "ketch" and it seemed to fit the picture I was seeing now. From Wordnik.com. [Too Many Spies Spoil The Case]
"How does you aim to cook fish an 'ketch 'em bofe, wid de Columbia river six miles f'm Poteland?". From Wordnik.com. [Lady Luck] Reference
You let your marster or missus ketch you wid a book. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
If dese hands tetch you, you'll shō 'ketch de fever. From Wordnik.com. [Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study] Reference
It's too late to go now; we'll only ketch a whuppin '. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
The pilot ketch "Dudley" has been recently repaired at. From Wordnik.com. [Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91] Reference
Well, I remember the big yeller gobler they couldn't ketch. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
"Jest ketch to my skirt for a minute," she whispered loudly. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
Lieutenant Decater then selected for the enterprise the ketch. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
Day wuz pretty good tuh us, but sumtimes I'd ketch uh whippin '. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
"Huh! first ketch your rabbit before you start cookin 'him!" laughed. From Wordnik.com. [The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats] Reference
I went seven days all told and since then I learned ketch as ketch can. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4] Reference
I aims to eat heavy f'm now on to ketch up wid whut I missed in de army. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Luck] Reference
I'll des 'bout foller 'im up, en ef I ketch' im he'll sholy be my meat. '. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
De paterollers got on dere hosses an 'run him but dey could not ketch him. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
Israel also managed to get on the ketch unobserved, and was permitted to remain. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
Hit warn't nothin 'for us to ketch five or six' possums in one night's huntin '. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2] Reference
"I don't know whether I kin ketch 'em 'r not, but I'll try," he called after her. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
It must be 'leven o'clock an -- an think what we'll ketch for bein 'late at school. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Combustibles were then passed from the ketch, and the Philadelphia was set on fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
Slaves would wuk all day and fish all night, but you never did ketch Dosia foolin '. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2] Reference
These here town doin's that looks like a man with a bile on his ear never did ketch me. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
He called to his bloodhounds and said, 'Sic' im, Rex; ketch 'im Bull,' but by that time. From Wordnik.com. [The Kentucky Ranger] Reference
You could ketch a fish now and den in dat branch, but Young Master used to do his fishing in. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives] Reference
Pappy said he had to have a pass to visit on, or they would whip him if they could ketch him. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
En de fus 'one I ketch sayin' anythin '' g'in Dave, I'll tell Mister Walker ter gin 'im forty. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
"Did ye ketch 'em this mornin '?" queried Fisheye as he followed the two salesmen to the truck. From Wordnik.com. [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference
What I craves mos 'is to ketch Lily an' den git some regulah run where I sleeps mos 'all de time. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Luck] Reference
She could turn her head so quick dat she'd ketch you every time you tried to steal a lump of sugar. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
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