meeching
/ˈmiːtʃɪŋ/(also meaching, meechin') Now regional (chiefly New England )
adjective
Skulking, furtive; mean, cheap, contemptible; poor, obsequious.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Francis Beaumont (1584–1616), playwright. Probably from meech + -ing, although attested slightly earlier.
- partihued
- partile
- parting
- parting bead
- parting cup
- parting line
- parting of the ways
- parting plane
- parting rail
- parting sand
- parting shard
- parting shot
- parting slip
- parting strip
- parting tool
- parti-partial
- parti pris
- Parti Quebecois
- Parti Québecois
- Parti Québécois
- partisan
- partisanery
- partisanism
- partisanized
- partisanly