"mutchkin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mutchkins [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch mudseken (“mutchkin”), from mutse (“mutch”), from Classical Latin modius (“peck; Roman dry measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med-. Etymology templates: {{der|en|dum|mudseken||mutchkin}} Middle Dutch mudseken (“mutchkin”), {{m|dum|mutse||mutch}} mutse (“mutch”), {{der|en|la|modius||peck; Roman dry measure}} Latin modius (“peck; Roman dry measure”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*med-}} Proto-Indo-European *med- Head templates: {{en-noun}} mutchkin (plural mutchkins)
  1. (Scotland) A unit of fluid capacity approximately equal to three-quarters of an imperial pint (0.43 litres) Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-mutchkin-en-noun-oFs7gGjQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Scottish English

Inflected forms

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