miche
Americanverb (used without object)
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Etymology
Origin of miche
1175–1225; Middle English mychen, michen < Old French muchier to hide
Example Sentences
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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.
Verily this was "miching mallecho," as Hamlet says.
From Fighting For Peace by Van Dyke, Henry
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
Marry, this is miching mallecho; it means mischief.
From Hamlet by Shakespeare, William
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)
For his theories and nostrums, they are oracular enough, but I either comprehend 'em not, or there is "miching malice" and mischief in 'em, but, for the most part, ringing with their own emptiness.
From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Lamb, Charles
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