name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
mutch
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Pronunciation
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/mʌt͡ʃ/
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rhymes with -ʌtʃ
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homophone: much
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CMU ARPABET: M AH1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A nightcap (hat worn to bed).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, archaic
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noun
Meaning 3
A linen or muslin hat, especially one of a type once commonly worn by elderly women and young children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1986, Sheila MacGregor, The folktales: 5: Silver and Gold, Ewan McColl, Peggy Seeger, Till Doomsday in the Afternoon: The Folklore of a Family of Scots Travelers, the Stewarts of Blairgowrie, page 74, So Silver and Gold gets all prepared and ready, and he says, “Och, that′s awfae-lookin′ things on your heids”, he says. “Tak′ they mutches aff. You′ll no′ need them now because your faither′ll no′ see you.” So they tak′ the mutches aff their heid and they throw them awa′.
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History
Etymology
From Middle Dutch mutse, from amutse, from Late Latin almucia (“almuce”). Doublet of almuce.