- torchy
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adjective
(torchier; -est)
Date: 1941
of, relating to, characteristic of, or being a torch song or torch singer <a torchy ballad>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
torchy
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Bill Ward (comics) — William Bill Ward (March 6, 1919 November 17, 1998) was an American cartoonist best known as one of the most widely published good girl artists, and as creator of the risqué comics character Torchy.He is not to be confused with the British… … Wikipedia
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