mitching

/M IH1 CH IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To pilfer; filch; steal.

  2. 2

    To shrink or retire from view; lurk out of sight; skulk.

  3. 3

    To be absent from school without a valid excuse; to play truant.

    โ€œJohn said he was going to mitch the last lesson today.โ€

  4. 4

    To grumble secretly.

  5. 5

    To pretend poverty.

noun
  1. 1

    Pilfering; skulking.

  2. 2

    Playing truant.

  3. 3

    A pretense of poverty.

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