mitching
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Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
mitching
- present participle and gerund of mitch
Noun[edit]
mitching (uncountable)
- (UK dialectal) Pilfering; skulking.
- (Ireland, UK regional) Playing truant.
- 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 6:
- 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 [...].
- (UK dialectal) A pretense of poverty.