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mitch

British

/ mɪtʃ /

verb

dialect (intr) to play truant from school

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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

John.—Thooase laws mitch differ fra’ the laws ov heaven, Fra’ God te man for holy purpose given; Peace te promote an’ put an end te strife, Te regulate hiz hoosehod an’ hiz life.

From Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect by Castillo, John

Davy jumped on deck, took a lantern, and fixed it to the top of the mitch board.

From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir

We see a man at hes a haase, Or happen two or three, They Mr. him, an hand him aaght Five times as mitch as me.

From Random Rhymes and Rambles by Wright, William Aldis

“We see a man at hes a haase, Or happen two or three, They ‘Mister’ him, an’ hand him aght Five times as mitch as me.

From Revised Edition of Poems by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

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