mitching

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mitch +‎ -ing.

Verb

mitching

  1. present participle and gerund of mitch

Noun

mitching (uncountable)

  1. (UK dialectal) Pilfering; skulking.
  2. (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 [...].
  3. (UK dialectal) A pretense of poverty.
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