miche

American  

[mich] / mɪtʃ /

verb (used without object)

British Dialect.

miched, miching

1. to lurk out of sight.

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Other Word Forms

• micher
  noun

Etymology

Origin of miche

1175–1225; Middle English mychen, michen < Old French muchier to hide

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

miche miching

What about my dreams, when I have this miche to feed?

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2023

I’m a huge fan of their miche and campagne, a traditional sourdough.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2016

I’m going to miche a bit.—Do it bleed?”

From Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser by W.B. Handforth

I found him trying to miche, and nipped him as he was skulking off.

From In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" by George Manville Fenn

See only that none of these miching mouse-faces are near.

From The Three Mulla-mulgars by Walter De la Mare

"Marry, this is miching mallecho; it means mischief."

From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Katharine Lee Bates

One answer always served John when questioned by his master—“Where have you been 205 miching now, you young rascal?”—“Nowhere sir!”

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter

Ay, ay, sir!" said the landlord, now entering into his meaning, and taking as a good joke what Wilton had really spoken in sadness—"you should have called it miching, sir—miching on a great scale.

From The King's Highway by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

For his theories and nostrums they are oracular enough, but I either comprehend 'em not, or there is miching malice and mischief in 'em.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb