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 Handforth, W.B.

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 Fenn, George Manville

Then with stealthily set crutch, putting it down as the wild beast sets down his miching paw, out sprang Truffey and after the master.

From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George

Come back, I say, you loafing, miching, wrecking crow-keepers; there are no pickings for you here.

From Two Years Ago, Volume I by Kingsley, Charles

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 Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)

Thumb, indeed, made up a Mulgar drone, which he used to buzz to himself when the Munza-mulgars came miching and mocking and peeping.

From The Three Mulla-mulgars by De la Mare, Walter

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 James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)