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mitchern. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Apparently partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French mucer ; mitch v., -er suffix1. Etymology: In quot. ?c1225 at sense 1 (α. forms) apparently < Anglo-Norman and Old French mucer, muscer, muscher, etc. (see mitch v.), perhaps via an unattested agent noun (see -er suffix2). In later use (β. forms) probably < mitch v. + -er suffix1. Compare meecher n., moocher n., and discussion s.v. mitch v.With the γ form moicher compare mooch v.; this form is difficult to account for, and may rather belong at moocher n. Now rare ( colloquial and regional in later use). the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > petty thief or pilferer > [noun] ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 120 Þis world..is al biset mid hellene Mucheres [a1250 Nero muchares] þe robbeð alle þe gold hordes. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer (Hunterian) 6541 Unnethe that he nys a mycher [Fr. lierres] Forsworn, or ellis God is lyer. a1425 (Cambr.) (1968) 27 (MED) Nouȝt so, but it [sc. poverty] kepiþ þi place fro mochers and þeues. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) 3541 To þis michare out of Messedone þis mandment I write. a1500 (?a1450) (Harl. 7333) (1879) xxviii. 107 To slepe when oþere men wakithe, as dothe thevis & mychers. 1570 J. Foxe (rev. ed.) II. 929/2 Callyng hym [sc. Becket] mycher and thief, for that he wrought by craftes and imaginations. 1583 B. Melbancke (new ed.) sig. 164 I haue fed these clammed michers, I haue bene their harbinger, when they had not a caue to couche their cockscombes in. 1669 J. Worlidge vi. 86 This [Fence] makes a speedy shelter for a Garden from Winds, Beasts, or such like injuries, rather than from rude Michers. 1787 F. Grose Michers, thieves, pilferers. Norf. 1823 W. Scott III. iv. 90 Thou art turned micher as well as padder—Can'st both rob a man and kidnap him? 1889 A. Conan Doyle xxiii. 237 We are not a gang of padders and michers, but a crew of honest seamen. 1932 R. Macaulay i. i. 16 And all you children giggling there [i.e. in church], ye little michers, asking for a whipping and never getting it. †2. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [noun] > one who moves stealthily society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex > pimp a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker (1884) I. 687 Hic circumforarius, a mycher. ?1515 (de Worde) sig. A.viii Wanton wenches and also mychers With many other of the deuylles offycers. c1540 Image Ipocrysy i, in J. Skelton (1843) II. 419 Oh ye kynde of vipers,..That haue so many miters! And yett ye be but mychers. 1579 T. Palfreyman (new ed.) viii. i. f. 172v He detesteth & vtterlye abhorreth, ye whole broode of priuye michers, secret vnderminers, hypocrits, & double dealers. 1598 J. Florio A conycatcher, a micher, a flincher, a paltrer. 1630 J. Taylor Against Cursing & Swearing in i. 48/2 He is altogether ashamed, and like a Micher muffles his face in his hat. the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > begging impostor 1611 R. Cotgrave Senaud,..a rich micher, a rich man that pretends himselfe to be verie poore. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagr. Prognost. 234 Pinch-crusts, Hold-fasts, Michers, and Penny~fathers. 1696 P. A. Motteux ii. 23 You grudge to untye your Purse-strings to him, you old Micher. society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > difficult or unwilling pupil or student > truant the world > space > place > absence > [noun] > absenting oneself > without leave > one who absents himself improperly 1530 J. Palsgrave 245/1 Michar, bvissonnier. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in 577/1 He like a mycher and a trewant, played at buckle pitte by the way. 1562 T. Cooper Answere Def. Truth f. 122, in They be selfwill moichers, they be not diligent scholers, that leauyng their maisters teachyng will folow their owne interpretacions. 1594 J. Lyly i. iii. sig. B4v How like a micher he standes, as though he had trewanted from honestie. 1598 W. Shakespeare ii. v. 412 Shal the blessed sunne of heauen proue a micher, and eat black-berries? View more context for this quotation 1775 J. Ash Micher, a lazy loitering fellow, one who keeps out of sight to avoid working. 1840 T. Hood Friend in Need in (1862) V. 275 When a young micher plays truant, it is not for a lounge about the homestead. 1891 S. Mostyn 67 My schoolmaster..who had gained a high reputation for his skill in dealing with the ‘micher’. a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor (1953) 187 Mitcher, one who plays truant from school. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † mitcherv.Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mitcher n. Etymology: Probably < mitcher n. Compare meechering adj. Obsolete. rare. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > move stealthily [verb (intransitive)] a1575 N. Harpsfield (1878) (modernized text) 204 Where is Miser and Micher Micheas? where doth he now micher? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). <  n.?c1225 v.a1575 |
