DCHP-2

ranch ((2)) ((v.)) [< ranch ², n.] Pacific Coast, Obs. Apparently derived ultimately from rancherie. See note at ranch² (def. 1). DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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v.
live together as bachelors; live communally.
See also: ranch ((2)) ((n.)) (see note at def. 1) rancherie