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.

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)

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 Lamb, Mary

I give you my word he set myself dancing reels one time in the street, and I making an attack on him for keeping the little lads miching from school.

From New Irish Comedies by Gregory, Lady

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

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

I sometimes think that many of the gentle and pure-souled people who read this amiable writer go on their way through his pages without discerning this quiver, this ripple, this vibration, of "miching mallecho."

From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by Powys, John Cowper