Lexicographical Neighbors of Mutchkins
Literary usage of Mutchkins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the by John Sinclair (1794)
"... 14 Scots pints 3! mutchkins, or is decimally 14.817 Scots pints; ... or nearly
3 mutchkins, 3 gills Scots. The Scots pint here referred to, ..."
2. Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland. Revised by A. Leighton. New ed by John Mackay Wilson (1857)
""Well, honest man," said Donald, on the entrance of his host, " will you pe
bringing us two half mutchkins of your pest whisky. Here's some honest lads I ..."
3. The Account Book of Sir John Foulis of Ravelston 1671-1707 by John Foulis (1894)
"0 19 0 for 2 mutchkins w* david fyfe and Sr james justice . . . . 0 18 0 17 to
Jon arthur for 18 ..."
4. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1849)
"On pages 6 and 7 there are a variety of small sums (below the statutory amount)
charged expressly for spirits, in gills, mutchkins, ..."
5. Records of the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, with Extracts by Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland) (1878)
"... the fourt pairt to hald fyve mutchkins, ane fourt pairt of ane ... and three
mutchkins; the half peck, ..."
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