touch n.2
(Aus.) style, fashion, manner.
Songs of a Sentimental Bloke gloss. 🌐 Touch – Manner; mode; fashion. | ||
Aussie (France) 4 Apr. 9/2: So when another draft blows in from Blighty / And reinforcements lob into the line, / Don’t make the Anzac touch too high and mighty; / Don’t think of them as frozen-footed swine. |
In phrases
(Aus.) to adopt a manner or attitude.
DSUE (8th edn). |