mitching en · NOUN
Etymology
From mitch + -ing.
Meanings
- (UK, dialectal, uncountable) Pilfering; skulking.
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(Ireland, UK, regional, uncountable) 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 [...].
1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 6:
- (UK, dialectal, uncountable) A pretense of poverty.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| miching | alternative | lexicographic | |
| micking | alternative | lexicographic |