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"4": "to act secretively and deceitfully"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian mogeln (“to act secretively and deceitfully”)",
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"1": "nl",
"2": "mokkelen",
"3": "",
"4": "to flatter"
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"2": "mauchen",
"3": "",
"4": "to nibble secretively"
},
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"name": "cog"
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"2": "mogeln",
"3": "",
"4": "to cheat"
},
"expansion": "German mogeln (“to cheat”)",
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"3": "",
"4": "to assassinate"
},
"expansion": "German meucheln (“to assassinate”)",
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},
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"2": "i mugg",
"3": "",
"4": "in secret, secretly"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian i mugg (“in secret, secretly”)",
"name": "cog"
},
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"2": "muger",
"3": "",
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},
"expansion": "Latin muger (“cheater”)",
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},
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English mychen, müchen (“to rob, steal, pilfer”), from Old English *myċċan (“to steal”), from Proto-West Germanic *mukkjan, from Proto-Germanic *mukjaną (“to waylay, ambush, hide, rob”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mewg- (“swindler, thief”). Cognate with Scots mich, myche (“to steal”), Saterland Frisian mogeln (“to act secretively and deceitfully”), Dutch mokkelen (“to flatter”), Alemannic German mauchen (“to nibble secretively”), German mogeln (“to cheat”), German meucheln (“to assassinate”), Norwegian i mugg (“in secret, secretly”), Latin muger (“cheater”). Related to mooch.",
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},
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"To pilfer; filch; steal."
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"(transitive, dialectal) To pilfer; filch; steal."
],
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"To shrink or retire from view; lurk out of sight; skulk."
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"(intransitive, dialectal) To shrink or retire from view; lurk out of sight; skulk."
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"ref": "1983, Bernard MacLaverty, Cal, Chapter 4. (p.115 in the 1998 Vintage paperback edition)",
"text": "\"Did you ever mitch school?\" he asked.\n\"No. But I think this is what it would feel like.\""
},
{
"text": "John said he was going to mitch the last lesson today."
},
{
"ref": "1996, Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews, \"Old Grey Whistle Theft\" (Father Ted TV episode)",
"text": "I was young once. God, the things we used to get up to in the seminary. Me and a bunch of the lads there, once we mitched off to see a Dana concert."
}
],
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"To be absent from (school) without a valid excuse; to play truant."
],
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"play truant"
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"(Ireland, Wales, transitive, intransitive) To be absent from (school) without a valid excuse; to play truant."
],
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"glosses": [
"To grumble secretly."
],
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"(intransitive, dialectal) To grumble secretly."
],
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"To pretend poverty."
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"(intransitive, dialectal) To pretend poverty."
],
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},
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"word": "bunk off"
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"English terms inherited from Middle English",
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},
{
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"word": "mitching"
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"3": "",
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"name": "cog"
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"3": "",
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"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
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"3": "",
"4": "to assassinate"
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"name": "cog"
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"3": "",
"4": "in secret, secretly"
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"name": "cog"
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"1": "la",
"2": "muger",
"3": "",
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"To pilfer; filch; steal."
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"(transitive, dialectal) To pilfer; filch; steal."
],
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"transitive"
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"English intransitive verbs"
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"To shrink or retire from view; lurk out of sight; skulk."
],
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"lurk",
"lurk"
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"skulk",
"skulk"
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],
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"(intransitive, dialectal) To shrink or retire from view; lurk out of sight; skulk."
],
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"intransitive"
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"English transitive verbs",
"Irish English",
"Welsh English"
],
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{
"ref": "1983, Bernard MacLaverty, Cal, Chapter 4. (p.115 in the 1998 Vintage paperback edition)",
"text": "\"Did you ever mitch school?\" he asked.\n\"No. But I think this is what it would feel like.\""
},
{
"text": "John said he was going to mitch the last lesson today."
},
{
"ref": "1996, Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews, \"Old Grey Whistle Theft\" (Father Ted TV episode)",
"text": "I was young once. God, the things we used to get up to in the seminary. Me and a bunch of the lads there, once we mitched off to see a Dana concert."
}
],
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"To be absent from (school) without a valid excuse; to play truant."
],
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"intransitive"
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"(Ireland, Wales, transitive, intransitive) To be absent from (school) without a valid excuse; to play truant."
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"tags": [
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"Wales",
"intransitive",
"transitive"
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},
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"glosses": [
"To grumble secretly."
],
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"grumble"
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"(intransitive, dialectal) To grumble secretly."
],
"tags": [
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"intransitive"
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"English dialectal terms",
"English intransitive verbs"
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"glosses": [
"To pretend poverty."
],
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]
],
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"(intransitive, dialectal) To pretend poverty."
],
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"intransitive"
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪtʃ"
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"tags": [
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{
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{
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{
"word": "mych"
},
{
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{
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{
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