Taking up his old hat he bowed to the gentlemen of the jury with the observation, "May nun of you white gemman ever git kotched in such a scrape as dis, epseps yu has dis heer jedge to stand twixt yu und de gallus.
I aint neber been kotched in no scrapes befo in my born days, has I ole marser?
A feller kotched me when Ah runned, an' held mah mouf shut so Ah couldn't holler.
Mah hair stood up all right when dey kotched me," admitted Washington.
Some of dere slaves would run away and hide in de woods and mos' of 'em was kotched with dogs.
When de nigger leaves de plantation without no pass, and de padder rollers kotched him, dey gives him 39 licks with de bullwhip.
Dey kotched him twice and dey sho' makes him hump and holler.
Well, I driv de cows an' sheep to pasture an' seed dat no eagles kotched de lambs.
De dogs kotched some an' chewed 'em nigh 'bout to death.
Anne said the slaves on the Maddox plantation were never allowed to learn to read and write, declaring: "It was too bad if dey kotched a nigger wid a pencil an' paper in his han!
Den we tuken a skunk dat us little white an' black debils kotched an' turn him loose in de slave quarters.
I rubbed some smut on my eyebrows an' forgot to rub it off, an' she kotched me.
I'd take a pa'r er frosts in mine, ef I kotched cold fer it.
How many po' sinners'll be kotched out late En fin' no latch ter de golden gate?
Sometimes de men would steal off an' go ter other plantations, an' when kotched dey got a whuppin'.
De fust time dey kotched our hogs an' cut off de hind part an' take hit wid' em.
All our niggers had to have passes to leave de plantation an' when de pataroller kotched 'em wid out'n a pass, de nigger was whupped.
De nigger inside de tree kotched her by de tail an' pulled hisself out.
Dey would track de runways wid dogs an' sometimes a white scal'wag or slacker wud be kotched dodgin' duty.
Den when de chickens come up to eat dey kotched 'em by de head an' wring hit off an' take all de chickens wid 'em.
Then I walked off, but they kotchedme an' I was tried.
Twas a job, but I wasn't kotchedat it an' I made myself free.
He'd a right smart start on us, and run like a deer, but de hounds kotched up wid him 'bout whar he shot pore Sam.
Twar more'n an hour afore we kotched up; but dar he war, and de houns baying 'way as ef dey know'd what an ole debble he am.
T was more'n an hour afore we kotched up; but dar he war, and de houns baying 'way as ef dey know'd wat an ole debil he am.
I kotched on to what de white chilluns said, and learnt by myself to say de alphabet.
Befo' freedom come, de patrollers was strong dere, and whipped any niggers dey kotched out without a pass; wouldn't let dem go to church without a pass.
I'm jest glad they'uns kotched hit good an' hard ez they'uns done got hit.
But, thank God, they'uns 's never kotchedany o' them through me.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kotched" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
