mutchkin

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noun

A unit of fluid capacity approximately equal to three-quarters of an imperial pint (0.43 litres)

OriginMiddle Dutch mudseken ← Latin modius ← Proto-Indo-European *med- →
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Meanings

nounmutchkin (plural mutchkins)

plural mutchkins

  1. ScotlandA unit of fluid capacity approximately equal to three-quarters of an imperial pint (0.43 litres)

    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!

    1786, Robert Burns, The Author's Earnest Cry And Prayer

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  2. Latinmodius“peck; Roman dry measure”
  3. Middle Dutchmudseken“mutchkin”
  4. Englishmutchkin

From Middle Dutch mudseken (“mutchkin”), from mutse (“mutch”), from Classical Latin modius (“peck; Roman dry measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med-.

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APA

mutchkin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutchkin

MLA

“mutchkin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutchkin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mutchkin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutchkin.

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