mutchkin

[ muhch-kin ]

noun

1. Scot. a unit of liquid measure equal to a little less than a U.S. liquid pint.
2. a container, usually of pewter, holding this quantity.

mutchkin

/ ˈmʌtʃkɪn /

noun

1. a Scottish unit of liquid measure equal to slightly less than one pint

Word History and Origins

Origin of mutchkin¹

1375–1425; late Middle English ( Scots ) muchekyn < Middle Dutch mudseken, equivalent to mudse (diminutive of mudde ≪ Latin modius measure of grain) + -ken -kin

Word History and Origins

Origin of mutchkin¹

C15: from Middle Dutch mudseken, from Latin modius measure for grain

Example Sentences

And among the mutchkins on the ribbed and rimmed deal table, she squared herself to write in the name upon her free pardon.

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We accepted his apology; and, ordering the landlord to bring in half a mutchkin of whisky, the storm blew by.

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He uncorked his mutchkin and drank it like water.

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"I know," said Eben, shaking his head, "but they are long-patienced fellows, these sappers—not like cavalrymen or lazy Preventives, who want nothing better than to lie up with a pipe and a mutchkin!"

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Each was well known as an excellent shot; and the Captain offered a bet to Jekyl of a mutchkin of Glenlivat, that both would fall by the first fire.

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