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soutache

noun sou·tache \sü-ˈtash\

Definition of SOUTACHE

:  a narrow braid with herringbone pattern used as trimming
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Origin of SOUTACHE

French, from Hungarian sujtás
First Known Use: 1848

Rhymes with SOUTACHE

abash, backlash, backslash, backsplash, bone ash, calash, Chumash, cold cash, czardas, encash, eyelash, fly ash, gate-crash, goulash, green flash, heat rash, hot flash, Lagash, mishmash, mustache, panache, potash, rehash, slapdash, stramash, tongue-lash, unlash, Wabash, whiplash, white ash

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