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adj
Location where potentially useful junk items are collected: culch corner, culch drawer, culch pile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Maine, US, not-comparable
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noun
The rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster spawn can attach themselves; a collection of such detritus, accumulated on land, to drop in the sea to build up oyster beds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
An accumulation of small items of little current value -- materials, broken items, miscellaneous fasteners -- for possible future use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Maine, US, uncountable
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noun
Junk or debris.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Maine, US, uncountable
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verb
To prepare an oyster bed with such (culch) attachments; to sort shellfish or fish catch by size -- most often oysters -- so as to throw back the smallest to grow bigger and breed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Uncertain.
