† mitchn.¹

Forms: Middle English mycche, Middle English–1500s myche, Middle English–1600s miche, 1800s mitch.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French miche.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French miche small loaf of white bread (c1180) < post-classical Latin micca small loaf (1485 in a document cited by Du Cange, but almost certainly earlier; compare Italian regional (northern) micca loaf, bread roll), variant of classical Latin mīca (see mica n.; in post-classical Latin also denoting a small loaf, from 12th cent. in British and continental sources).Middle Dutch micke roll made with rye flour (Dutch mik rye and wheat loaf), West Frisian mik rye and wheat roll, and Middle Low German mikke small white loaf are probably loans < Old French rather than directly < classical Latin mīca or its post-classical Latin variant micca. Compare occasional reborrowing of French miche (in sense ‘round loaf’):1961 T. Henrot Belgium 189 Small rolls are either Viennois, miches or, quaintly, pistolets.1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 Apr. c2/5 I use it to make the rustic, thick-crusted round loaves called pain de campagne, or miche, in France.

Obsolete (historical in later use).

A small loaf of bread.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun]

loafc950

mitch1282

breadc1400

panifice1656

1282 in J. L. Fisher Medieval Farming Gloss. (1968) 23/2 Miche.

c1300 St. Brendan (Laud) 296 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 227 Twelf ȝwite Miches [v.r. loues] men brynguth us.

?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 83 (MED) He sal sitte in helle flitte Wiþ oute wyn and miche.

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 5585 He that at mycches [Fr. miches] tweyne Ne valued is in his demeigne.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccclxvi. 598 The lorde of Verby sent hym wyne largely, and thretie myches therwith.

a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 40 Fifty loafes called miches.

1894 J. H. Wylie Hist. Eng. Henry IV II. xxxvi. 26 His pittance of mitches and convent ale.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

mitchn.²

Brit.

/mɪtʃ/, U.S.

/mɪtʃ/, Scottish English

/mɪtʃ/

Forms: late Middle English miches (plural), late Middle English michies (plural), late Middle English–1500s mychys (plural), 1500s meche, 1500s myches (plural), 1600s (1900s– Scottish) mitch.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch mic.

Etymology: Apparently < Middle Dutch mic, mik, micke (see mike n.²), although this leaves the final consonant cluster in English unexplained. Compare meck n., mitch-board n. Compare also earlier mike n.² and note at that entry.With variation between spellings in -e- and -i- compare meck n.

Nautical. Now Scottish regional.

(A part of) a mounting for a piece of machinery or equipment, esp. a support for a gun, etc.The precise nature of the mitch is uncertain (see A. L. Blackmore, Armouries of the Tower of London (1976) I. 234). In some contexts it may represent a forked swivel-mounting (e.g. for the chamber of light guns), and in others a simpler device for securing a gun-chamber, etc., in position. Cf. mike n.² 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > wedge to raise or lower gun

mitch1481

coin1622

quoin1627

gunner's coin1779

coign1862

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck > vertical aperture > for a pump

mitch1481

well1611

well-room1765

well hole1774

1481 J. Balsall Purser's Acct. in Camden Misc. (1969) XXIII. 25 Ffor mychys & fforlokys & the bondys that perteyneth to the gownes.

1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 157 Miches with a swivell a bolte & Ryng belongyng to the Ingyn to draw water owte of the seid dokke.

1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 261 Yron worke for xx of the seid gonnes that is to say xx miches xx boltes & xx forelokes.

1495 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1951) I. 207 (MED) Stone gonnes of yron in the Wast of the seid Shipp with miches & forlokkes to the same, xx.

1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 209 Michies with a swevell a bolt & a ryng of yron belongyng to the Ingynne to draw water at the Dokke.

1514 Lett. & Papers Henry VIII (MS) I. 4968 Every chamber having one meche and one forlock.

?a1549 Inventory Henry VIII (1998) I. 135/2 Myches of yrone.

1617 Ordnance Inventory in H. L. Blackmore Armouries of Tower of London (1976) I. 283 Screwes and mitches to mount ordnance.

1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 135/2 [Caithness] Mitch, the support near the stern of a large boat, on which the mast rests when lowered.

1972 J. Ross Select. Caithness Dial. Words in D. Omand Caithness Bk. 251 Mitch, the crutch on which the mast of a fishing-boat rested when it was horizontal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mitchv.

Brit.

/mɪtʃ/, U.S.

/mɪtʃ/

Forms: Middle English–1500s 1800s mych, Middle English–1500s 1800s myche, Middle English– mich, Middle English– miche, 1500s 1800s– mitch, 1500s–1600s mitche; also Scottish pre-1700 myth (probably transmission error); Irish English 1800s myche, 1900s– mytch.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymons: French muscer, mucier, muchier.

Etymology: Apparently < Anglo-Norman muscer, muscier, mucer, mucier, muscher and Old French mucier, (chiefly Picardy and north-eastern) muchier to hide, conceal (oneself): see meuse n. Compare meech v. and mooch v. Compare also earlier mitcher n.An alternative etymology has been suggested from an unattested Old English noun *mycan cognate with Old High German mūhhāri robber, highwayman, though this is probably less likely.

Now regional.

1. transitive and intransitive. To pilfer. Now rare (English regional in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > pilfer [verb (transitive)]

mitcha1393

pelfa1400

purloinc1475

prowl?1529

finger1530

pilfer1532

lurchc1565

filch1567

filch1574

proloyne1581

nim1606

hook1615

truff1718

snaffle1725

crib1735

pettifog1759

magg1762

niffle1785

cabbage1793

weed1811

nibble1819

cab1825

smouch1826

snuga1859

mooch1862

attract1891

souvenir1897

rat1906

snipe1909

promote1918

salvage1918

smooch1941

a1393 [implied in: J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 6525 For noman of his conseil knoweth What he mai gete of his Michinge. (at mitching n. 1)].

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 337/1 Mychyn, or pryuely stelyn smale thyngys.

1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. liii. 94/1 That he myght haue myched or deled the moneye awaye, for he bare the purce.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ki/2 To Mych, suffurari.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Li^v/2 To Pilch, miche, suffurari.

1868 R. W. Huntley Gloss. Cotswold (Gloucs.) Dial. Miche, Myche,..to pilfer.

a. intransitive. To shrink or retire from view; to lurk out of sight; to skulk.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, lie or hidden [verb (intransitive)] > remain in hiding

lurkc1300

to hide one's headc1475

mitch1558

nestle1567

to lie at (on, upon the) lurch1578

to lay low1600

skulk1626

squat1658

to lie by1709

hide1872

to hole up1875

to lie low1880

to lie (also play) doggo1882

to hide out1884

to put the lid on1966

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > lurk, skulk [verb (intransitive)]

loutc825

atlutienc1000

darec1000

lotea1200

skulk?c1225

lurkc1300

luskc1330

tapisc1330

lurchc1420

filsnec1440

lour?c1450

slink?c1550

mitch1558

jouk1575

scout1577

scult1622

meecha1625

tappy1706

slive1707

slinge1747

snake1818

cavern1860

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid (1573) v. sig. O.ij^v To woods, and mountayn caues, and holes of rocks they miching ronne.

1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hercules Oetæus ii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 193^v Myche where thou mayst vnspyde.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 72 What doe ye forge? wherefore thus vaynely in land Lybye mitche you?

1605 Famous Hist. Capt. Stukeley sig. D3 Then will we not come miching thus by night, But charge the towne and winne it by day light.

1689 Irish Hudibras 24 But Nees, while though art mitching here, Thou little dreams of thy Pi-peer.

1728 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. To Miche, to stand off, to hang back.

1871 J. Hartley Halifax Clock Almanack May Th' chap myched off.

1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress ix. 166 A likely lad with..a good habit of miching round by unseen ways.

1960 A. Clarke Later Poems (1961) 84 I mitched from miracles.

b. intransitive. To absent oneself without authority; (esp.) to play truant from school. Frequently with from, off. Also (occasionally) transitive. Now British regional and Irish English.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > absence > be absent [verb (intransitive)] > be absent without leave

mitch1580

truant1580

mooch1622

meech1624

to play truant1887

society > education > learning > learner > [verb (intransitive)] > to play truant

to play truant1560

mitch1580

mooch1622

to trig it1796

plunk1808

minch1836

wag1847

to play hookey1848

to hop the wag1861

to play (the) wag1861

to hook Jack1877

to bag school1934

to go on the hop1959

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 29 What made the Gods so often to trewant from Heauen & mych heere on earth, but beautie?

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella xlvi Yet, deare, let me his pardon get of you, So long, though he from book myche to desire, Till without fewell you can make hot fire.

1672 H. Stubbe Rosemary & Bayes 18 Like truant children forsook their school, to go miching after black-berries.

c1806 T. Swift Town Scene in Poet. Reg. (1806–7) 157 On mischief bent, the imps had mitch'd from school.

1867 W. F. Rock Jim an' Nell 6 Wan vomoon Hur mitched vro' schule.

1888 ‘Q’ Astonishing Hist. Troy Town xi. 117 Turn your back, an' they'd be mitchin' in a brace o' shakes.

1900 A. Upward Wonderful Career Ebenezer Lobb 96 The limp and trembling boy..now looked as if he could never mich from Sabbath-school or throw a stone..again.

1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World ii. 42 You're pot-boy in this place, and I'll not have you mitch off from us now.

1984 B. MacLaverty Cal (new ed.) 115 ‘Did you ever mitch school?’ he asked.

1996 G. Linehan & A. Mathews Old Grey Whistle Theft (penultimate draft) in Father Ted (1999) 140/1 Me and a bunch of the other lads.., once we mitched off to see a Dana concert.

†c. transitive. To conceal; to huddle up. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > act of drawing body into compact form > drawn into compact form [verb (transitive)]

shrinkc1374

shrug1603

mitch1612

huddle1755

scrunch1844

1612 G. Chapman Widdowes Teares v. sig. K4^v Cap.Where found you him? I. My truant was mich't Sir into a blind corner of the Tomb.

a. intransitive. To grumble. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] > secretly

mitch1598

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To lament..to miche, to grumble closely or show some signe of discontent.

1952 F. C. Brown Coll. N. Carolina Folklore I. 565 Mich, to whimper, to grumble.

†b. transitive. With it. To feign poverty. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > plead poverty

mitch1611

to make a poor mouth1753

to cry (also play, talk, etc.) poor-mouth1868

poor-mouth1930

to put on (also plead, etc.) the béal bocht1960

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Faire le senaud..to miche it, or a rich man to make shew of pouertie.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1282

n.²1481

v.a1393

单词	mitch
释义	† mitchn.¹ Forms: Middle English mycche, Middle English–1500s myche, Middle English–1600s miche, 1800s mitch. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French miche. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French miche small loaf of white bread (c1180) < post-classical Latin micca small loaf (1485 in a document cited by Du Cange, but almost certainly earlier; compare Italian regional (northern) micca loaf, bread roll), variant of classical Latin mīca (see mica n.; in post-classical Latin also denoting a small loaf, from 12th cent. in British and continental sources).Middle Dutch micke roll made with rye flour (Dutch mik rye and wheat loaf), West Frisian mik rye and wheat roll, and Middle Low German mikke small white loaf are probably loans < Old French rather than directly < classical Latin mīca or its post-classical Latin variant micca. Compare occasional reborrowing of French miche (in sense ‘round loaf’):1961 T. Henrot Belgium 189 Small rolls are either Viennois, miches or, quaintly, pistolets.1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 Apr. c2/5 I use it to make the rustic, thick-crusted round loaves called pain de campagne, or miche, in France. Obsolete (historical in later use). A small loaf of bread. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] loafc950 mitch1282 breadc1400 panifice1656 1282 in J. L. Fisher Medieval Farming Gloss. (1968) 23/2 Miche. c1300 St. Brendan (Laud) 296 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 227 Twelf ȝwite Miches [v.r. loues] men brynguth us. ?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 83 (MED) He sal sitte in helle flitte Wiþ oute wyn and miche. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 5585 He that at mycches [Fr. miches] tweyne Ne valued is in his demeigne. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccclxvi. 598 The lorde of Verby sent hym wyne largely, and thretie myches therwith. a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 40 Fifty loafes called miches. 1894 J. H. Wylie Hist. Eng. Henry IV II. xxxvi. 26 His pittance of mitches and convent ale. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). mitchn.² Brit. /mɪtʃ/, U.S. /mɪtʃ/, Scottish English /mɪtʃ/ Forms: late Middle English miches (plural), late Middle English michies (plural), late Middle English–1500s mychys (plural), 1500s meche, 1500s myches (plural), 1600s (1900s– Scottish) mitch. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch mic. Etymology: Apparently < Middle Dutch mic, mik, micke (see mike n.²), although this leaves the final consonant cluster in English unexplained. Compare meck n., mitch-board n. Compare also earlier mike n.² and note at that entry.With variation between spellings in -e- and -i- compare meck n. Nautical. Now Scottish regional. (A part of) a mounting for a piece of machinery or equipment, esp. a support for a gun, etc.The precise nature of the mitch is uncertain (see A. L. Blackmore, Armouries of the Tower of London (1976) I. 234). In some contexts it may represent a forked swivel-mounting (e.g. for the chamber of light guns), and in others a simpler device for securing a gun-chamber, etc., in position. Cf. mike n.² 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > wedge to raise or lower gun mitch1481 coin1622 quoin1627 gunner's coin1779 coign1862 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck > vertical aperture > for a pump mitch1481 well1611 well-room1765 well hole1774 1481 J. Balsall Purser's Acct. in Camden Misc. (1969) XXIII. 25 Ffor mychys & fforlokys & the bondys that perteyneth to the gownes. 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 157 Miches with a swivell a bolte & Ryng belongyng to the Ingyn to draw water owte of the seid dokke. 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 261 Yron worke for xx of the seid gonnes that is to say xx miches xx boltes & xx forelokes. 1495 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1951) I. 207 (MED) Stone gonnes of yron in the Wast of the seid Shipp with miches & forlokkes to the same, xx. 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 209 Michies with a swevell a bolt & a ryng of yron belongyng to the Ingynne to draw water at the Dokke. 1514 Lett. & Papers Henry VIII (MS) I. 4968 Every chamber having one meche and one forlock. ?a1549 Inventory Henry VIII (1998) I. 135/2 Myches of yrone. 1617 Ordnance Inventory in H. L. Blackmore Armouries of Tower of London (1976) I. 283 Screwes and mitches to mount ordnance. 1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 135/2 [Caithness] Mitch, the support near the stern of a large boat, on which the mast rests when lowered. 1972 J. Ross Select. Caithness Dial. Words in D. Omand Caithness Bk. 251 Mitch, the crutch on which the mast of a fishing-boat rested when it was horizontal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mitchv. Brit. /mɪtʃ/, U.S. /mɪtʃ/ Forms: Middle English–1500s 1800s mych, Middle English–1500s 1800s myche, Middle English– mich, Middle English– miche, 1500s 1800s– mitch, 1500s–1600s mitche; also Scottish pre-1700 myth (probably transmission error); Irish English 1800s myche, 1900s– mytch. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymons: French muscer, mucier, muchier. Etymology: Apparently < Anglo-Norman muscer, muscier, mucer, mucier, muscher and Old French mucier, (chiefly Picardy and north-eastern) muchier to hide, conceal (oneself): see meuse n. Compare meech v. and mooch v. Compare also earlier mitcher n.An alternative etymology has been suggested from an unattested Old English noun mycan cognate with Old High German mūhhāri* robber, highwayman, though this is probably less likely. Now regional. 1. transitive and intransitive. To pilfer. Now rare (English regional in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > pilfer [verb (transitive)] mitcha1393 pelfa1400 purloinc1475 prowl?1529 finger1530 pilfer1532 lurchc1565 filch1567 filch1574 proloyne1581 nim1606 hook1615 truff1718 snaffle1725 crib1735 pettifog1759 magg1762 niffle1785 cabbage1793 weed1811 nibble1819 cab1825 smouch1826 snuga1859 mooch1862 attract1891 souvenir1897 rat1906 snipe1909 promote1918 salvage1918 smooch1941 a1393 [implied in: J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 6525 For noman of his conseil knoweth What he mai gete of his Michinge. (at mitching n. 1)]. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 337/1 Mychyn, or pryuely stelyn smale thyngys. 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. liii. 94/1 That he myght haue myched or deled the moneye awaye, for he bare the purce. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ki/2 To Mych, suffurari. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Li^v/2 To Pilch, miche, suffurari. 1868 R. W. Huntley Gloss. Cotswold (Gloucs.) Dial. Miche, Myche,..to pilfer. 2. a. intransitive. To shrink or retire from view; to lurk out of sight; to skulk. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, lie or hidden [verb (intransitive)] > remain in hiding lurkc1300 to hide one's headc1475 mitch1558 nestle1567 to lie at (on, upon the) lurch1578 to lay low1600 skulk1626 squat1658 to lie by1709 hide1872 to hole up1875 to lie low1880 to lie (also play) doggo1882 to hide out1884 to put the lid on1966 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > lurk, skulk [verb (intransitive)] loutc825 atlutienc1000 darec1000 lotea1200 skulk?c1225 lurkc1300 luskc1330 tapisc1330 lurchc1420 filsnec1440 lour?c1450 slink?c1550 mitch1558 jouk1575 scout1577 scult1622 meecha1625 tappy1706 slive1707 slinge1747 snake1818 cavern1860 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid (1573) v. sig. O.ij^v To woods, and mountayn caues, and holes of rocks they miching ronne. 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hercules Oetæus ii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 193^v Myche where thou mayst vnspyde. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 72 What doe ye forge? wherefore thus vaynely in land Lybye mitche you? 1605 Famous Hist. Capt. Stukeley sig. D3 Then will we not come miching thus by night, But charge the towne and winne it by day light. 1689 Irish Hudibras 24 But Nees, while though art mitching here, Thou little dreams of thy Pi-peer. 1728 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. To Miche, to stand off, to hang back. 1871 J. Hartley Halifax Clock Almanack May Th' chap myched off. 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress ix. 166 A likely lad with..a good habit of miching round by unseen ways. 1960 A. Clarke Later Poems (1961) 84 I mitched from miracles. b. intransitive. To absent oneself without authority; (esp.) to play truant from school. Frequently with from, off. Also (occasionally) transitive. Now British regional and Irish English. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > be absent [verb (intransitive)] > be absent without leave mitch1580 truant1580 mooch1622 meech1624 to play truant1887 society > education > learning > learner > [verb (intransitive)] > to play truant to play truant1560 mitch1580 mooch1622 to trig it1796 plunk1808 minch1836 wag1847 to play hookey1848 to hop the wag1861 to play (the) wag1861 to hook Jack1877 to bag school1934 to go on the hop1959 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 29 What made the Gods so often to trewant from Heauen & mych heere on earth, but beautie? a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella xlvi Yet, deare, let me his pardon get of you, So long, though he from book myche to desire, Till without fewell you can make hot fire. 1672 H. Stubbe Rosemary & Bayes 18 Like truant children forsook their school, to go miching after black-berries. c1806 T. Swift Town Scene in Poet. Reg. (1806–7) 157 On mischief bent, the imps had mitch'd from school. 1867 W. F. Rock Jim an' Nell 6 Wan vomoon Hur mitched vro' schule. 1888 ‘Q’ Astonishing Hist. Troy Town xi. 117 Turn your back, an' they'd be mitchin' in a brace o' shakes. 1900 A. Upward Wonderful Career Ebenezer Lobb 96 The limp and trembling boy..now looked as if he could never mich from Sabbath-school or throw a stone..again. 1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World ii. 42 You're pot-boy in this place, and I'll not have you mitch off from us now. 1984 B. MacLaverty Cal (new ed.) 115 ‘Did you ever mitch school?’ he asked. 1996 G. Linehan & A. Mathews Old Grey Whistle Theft (penultimate draft) in Father Ted (1999) 140/1 Me and a bunch of the other lads.., once we mitched off to see a Dana concert. †c. transitive. To conceal; to huddle up. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > act of drawing body into compact form > drawn into compact form [verb (transitive)] shrinkc1374 shrug1603 mitch1612 huddle1755 scrunch1844 1612 G. Chapman Widdowes Teares v. sig. K4^v Cap.Where found you him? I. My truant was mich't Sir into a blind corner of the Tomb. 3. a. intransitive. To grumble. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] > secretly mitch1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To lament..to miche, to grumble closely or show some signe of discontent. 1952 F. C. Brown Coll. N. Carolina Folklore I. 565 Mich, to whimper, to grumble. †b. transitive. With it. To feign poverty. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > plead poverty mitch1611 to make a poor mouth1753 to cry (also play, talk, etc.) poor-mouth1868 poor-mouth1930 to put on (also plead, etc.) the béal bocht1960 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Faire le senaud..to miche it, or a rich man to make shew of pouertie. 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