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mitching

verb

Etymology

From mitch + -ing.

  1. derived from *(s)mūg-✻
  2. inherited from *mūk-✻ — “to waylay, ambush, hide, rob”
  3. inherited from *mukkjan✻
  4. inherited from *myċċan✻
  5. inherited from mychen
  6. suffixed as mitching — “mitch + ing”

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of mitch

  2. Pilfering

    Pilfering; skulking.

  3. Playing truant.

    • As soon as she was out of the front gate, my father would say, ‘Come along, son: let's go mitchin'!’ and we'd go out to the shed at the back [...].
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A pretense of poverty.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA