bach

Definition

A bachelor.

Etymology

Abbreviation of bachelor (or, in later senses, of bachelor pad).

Example Sentences

• "She stops the car by an ochre-coloured bach at the end of the beachline, by the shelter of a massive thicket of African thorn."
• "Even before he began his chores he sunbathed naked against the east wall of the bach for half an hour."
• "From 1931 until his death in 1982, Sargeson lived a monastic life in a bach at Takapuna, writing in the mornings and tending his garden and entertaining friends in the latter part of the day."