moochin
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alteration of Welsh mochyn (“pig, greedy or immoral person”). Of disputed origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]moochin (plural moochins or moochin)
- (Wales, colloquial) A difficult or disagreeable person, especially a child.
- Stop whining, moochin.
- 1940, D. Thomas, Portrait of Artist as Young Dog, page 58:
- He sat down in the road. ‘I'm on a sledge,’ he said, ‘pull me, Patricia, pull me like an Eskimo.’ ‘Up you get, you moochin, or I'll take you home.’
Usage notes
[edit]Sometimes used as a scolding term of reproach.