| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| mutchkin |
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| SYLLABICATION: | mutch·kin |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m ch k n |
| NOUN: | Scots A unit of liquid measure equal to 0.9 U.S. pints (0.42 liters). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English muchekyn, from Middle Dutch mudseken, diminutive of mutse, a kind of measure, from Latin modius, grain measure. See med- in Appendix I.
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