mutch

American  

[muhch] / mʌtʃ /

noun

British Dialect.

1. a close-fitting linen or muslin cap, as worn by elderly women or babies.

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mutch ¹ British  

/ mʌtʃ /

verb

1. (tr) to cadge; beg

2. (intr) another word for mitch

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mutch ² British  

/ mʌtʃ /

noun

1. a close-fitting linen cap formerly worn by women and children in Scotland

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Etymology

Origin of mutch

1425–75; late Middle English (dial.) much < Middle Dutch mutse; cognate with German Mütze cap. See amice ²

Example Sentences

Senior coroner for south Manchester Alison Mutch issued a prevention of future deaths report to the Secretary of State for Health calling for regulation.

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Senior coroner Mutch added the "purported expertise" of untrained people posed a risk to all children where those unregulated services were used.

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Alison Mutch, senior coroner for south Manchester, concluded the letter had a "very significant impact" on her.

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"The method used for communication of the decision was also not appropriate given her known vulnerabilities," Mutch wrote in the report.

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Fergus Mutch, former SNP head of communications, said the “tactical genius” of Salmond lay in his ability to get the most of the people around him.

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