Meaning & use
baches
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Plural of 'bach': in New Zealand English, a small, simple holiday house, typically near the coast.
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The family spent every summer at their bach, one of the many baches dotting the coastline.
Baches from the 1950s are prized for their rustic charm despite lacking modern insulation.
A note on using this word
The word comes from 'bachelor,' since early holiday houses were often simple shacks used by men living alone; it is also used as a verb, 'to bach,' meaning to live by oneself.
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2. verb
To live independently, doing one's own cooking and housekeeping (chiefly New Zealand and Australian English).
He baches in a small flat near the university while his family stays in the countryside.
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