gonch
n.— «Be sure to shake the sand out of your gonch afterward. It itches something fierce.» —“It’s Far Out!; The Best Single-Player Shooter Since Half-Life” by Steve Tilley Toronto Sun (Canada) Apr. 4, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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