witchie

plural witchies

1. diminutiveDiminutive of witch.

   Old witchie says, ‘Never mind, we’ll fetch the rest of the luggage.’

   1981, Dorothy Edwards, The Witches and the Grinnygog, London: Methuen Children’s Books Ltd, published 1984, →ISBN, page 118

   3 more examples

   “[…] She could be lying injured, or could have encountered a wild animal or cutthroat.” / “Or a witchie," the cook mumbled, who was standing nearby. / The comment carried to Simon’s ears. “What’s that about witches?” he asked.

   1991 May, Ana Leigh, Sweet Enemy Mine, New York, N.Y.: Leisure Books, →ISBN, page 92

   From the fireplace, Erlya muttered an alarmed curse. She threw herself away from the hearth, right before the chimney made a muffled whoomph; a cloud of soot dropped onto the hearth, accompanied by large particles of creosote ticking their way down. […] “Maybe you ought to just do it like the rest of us, witchie,” Dajania said through her smile. […] “You mean Varien, the King’s wizard, don’t you?” she asked in a low voice. “That’s one best left unspoken of, even here over the border. They’ve never proved he’s done anything wrong, and the court folk either worship him or fear him. But we know better, the lower levels of witchies do.[…]”

   2013, Doranna Durgin, Barrenlands: A Changespell Saga Prologue, Tijeras, N.M.: Blue Hound Visions, →ISBN

   You need a big boiling pot to make poached yellow-eyes, which I like because using a big boiling pot makes me feel like I’m a witchie.

   2016, April Genevieve Tucholke, Wink Poppy Midnight, New York, N.Y.: Dial Books, →ISBN, page 80