Mutchkin
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A unit of fluid capacity approximately equal to three-quarters of an imperial pint (0.43 litres) Scotland
"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!"
- 2 a Scottish unit of liquid measure equal to 0.9 United States pint wordnet
Example
More examples"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!"
Etymology
From Middle Dutch mudseken (“mutchkin”), from mutse (“mutch”), from Classical Latin modius (“peck; Roman dry measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med-.