English

Verb

fotch

1. (chiefly in depictions of African American Vernacular) fetch
   • 1871, John William De Forest, Overland:

     "I'll fotch her up," volunteered Texas, who had a hyena's hankering after dead bodies.

   • 1901, Winston Churchill, The Crisis, Complete:

     I'll fotch him, Miss Jinny.

2. (chiefly in depictions of African American Vernacular) fetched
   • 1936-1938, Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States:

     My granmammy done hear me bawlin an go fotch me to my mammy's house.

   • 1900, Louise Manly, Southern Literature From 1579-1895:

     Brer Rabbit come prancin' 'long twel he spy de Tar-Baby, en den he fotch up on his behine legs like he wuz 'stonished.