"meecher" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: meechers [plural]
Etymology: From meech + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|meech|er}} meech + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} meecher (plural meechers)
  1. A loiterer; One who goes where he or she does not belong and avoids what he or she should be doing
    Sense id: en-meecher-en-noun-ckvDmu6q Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: Eye dialect Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} meecher
  1. Pronunciation spelling of meet you. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: meet you
    Sense id: en-meecher-en-verb-2-kbz~Kg Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1923, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, The Squire, page 65:",
          "text": "She went straight into high-sterics, and no wonder; any Christian would, and a Christian Emmeline is, though a meecher from her cradle and will be to her casket.",
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          "ref": "1951, Paul Blanshard -, Communism, democracy, and Catholic power, page 123:",
          "text": "\"Why,\" he asked, \"have we produced a group of meechers and propagandists, who are Catholics, however nominal, before they are people, and whose principal concern seems to be not to write truly but to win ecclesiastical approbation?\"",
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          "ref": "1985, Alexander Russo, Profiles on Women Artists, page 244:",
          "text": "Uriah Heep is a meecher.",
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          "ref": "2005, James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: A Death in the Family, & Shorter Fiction, page 266:",
          "text": "But it did and does seem better to shout a few obvious facts (they can never be 'obvious' enough) than to meech. The meechers will say, Yes, but do you realize all (or any) of the obstacles, presuming you are (in general) a little more right than merely raving?",
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          "text": "Very pleased ter meecher, Steve.",
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          "text": "Uriah Heep is a meecher.",
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