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mutchkin

mutchkin noun: a unit of fluid capacity approximately equal to three-quarters of an imperial pint (0.43 litres).

Noun

mutchkin (plural mutchkins)

  1. (Scotland) A unit of fluid capacity approximately equal to three-quarters of an imperial pint (0.43 litres)
    • Paint Scotland greetin owre her thrissle;
      Her mutchkin stowp as toom's a whissle;
      An' damn'd excisemen in a bussle,
      Seizin a stell,
      Triumphant crushin't like a mussel,
      Or limpet shell!1786, Robert Burns, The Author's Earnest Cry And Prayer

Forms of mutchkin

pluralmutchkins

Origin of mutchkin

From Middle Dutch mudseken (“mutchkin”), from mutse (“mutch”), from Classical Latin modius (“peck; Roman dry measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med-.

Questions about mutchkin

What does mutchkin mean?
Mutchkin means a unit of fluid capacity approximately equal to three-quarters of an imperial pint (0.43 litres).
What part of speech is mutchkin?
Mutchkin is a noun.
What is the plural of mutchkin?
The plural of mutchkin is mutchkins.

Words near mutchkin in the dictionary

  1. Mutazilite
  2. Mutazilites
  3. MUTCD
  4. mutch
  5. mutches
  6. mutchkin
  7. mutchkins
  8. Mutchler
  9. Mutchlers
  10. mute
  11. mute as a mouse

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