Fetches
[fetʃiz]
Examples
- At last the enemy retreats, and then Smallweed fetches Mr. Jobling up. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The man who fetches our letters every morning (one of our men, I forget his name) shall inquire for yours too and bring them to you. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It never comes out of my mouth but it fetches an old snag along with it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Remember, Elinor, said she, how very often Sir John fetches our letters himself from the post, and carries them to it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
Editor: Wilma