Both Uses of
parched
in
Catch-22
- He licked his parched, thirsting lips with a sticky tongue and moaned in misery again, loudly enough this time to attract the startled, searching glances of the men sitting around him on the rows of crude wooden benches in their chocolate-colored coveralls and stitched white parachute harnesses.†
Chpt 21
- His throat was parched and sore.†
Chpt 25 *
Definition:
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(parched) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or very thirsty