mitch
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of mitch
C13: probably from Old French muchier, mucier to hide, lurk
Example Sentences
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It was amazing, And she will be sadly missed. — mitch kolpan Add your comments...
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2010
Davy jumped on deck, took a lantern, and fixed it to the top of the mitch board.
From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir
On arriving there, however, a little herd-boy, despatched as a messenger, told us that,—‘Maister Linton wer just o’ this side th’ Heights: and he’d be mitch obleeged to us to gang on a bit further.’
From Wuthering Heights by Brontë, Emily
"That's reight," said his fayther, "tha con goa hoam," put aw nooaticed 'at be did'nt brag abaat him quite so mitch at after.
From Yorkshire Ditties, First Series To Which Is Added The Cream Of Wit And Humour From His Popular Writings by Hartley, John
You're pot-boy in this place, and I'll not have you mitch off from us now.
From The Playboy of the Western World by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
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