mitch
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of mitch
C13: probably from Old French muchier, mucier to hide, lurk
Example Sentences
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It was amazing, And she will be sadly missed. — mitch kolpan Add your comments...
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2010
"Ey shanna speak onless ye cum ower t' wetur to me," replied the little girl; "an whot ey ha to tell consarns ye mitch."
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison
It is called the "mitch," or "match," but though I mention it as similar in sound, I do not think it has any other affinity.
From The Life of the Fields by Jefferies, Richard
On arriving there, however, a little herd-boy, despatched as a messenger, told us that,—‘Maister Linton wer just o’ this side th’ Heights: and he’d be mitch obleeged to us to gang on a bit further.’
From Wuthering Heights by Brontë, Emily
“We see a man at hes a haase, Or happen two or three, They ‘Mister’ him, an’ hand him aght Five times as mitch as me.
From Revised Edition of Poems by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
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