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 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

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

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

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)

Dr. Warburton, to justify his interpretation, must write, miching for malechor, and even then it will be harsh.

From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Sherbo, Arthur

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

With Leo Dillon and a boy named Mahony I planned a day's miching.

From Dubliners by Joyce, James

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)