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Definition of Michers
1. micher [n] - See also: micher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Michers
Literary usage of Michers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Vagrants and Vagrancy, and Beggars and Begging by Charles James Ribton-Turner (1887)
"... and vagabonds, truands.f michers.í hedge creepers,^ ... The porter says that
all such folks as Copland describes are " michers " that live in ..."
2. The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of by William Shakespeare (1806)
"... Scorner: " Wanton wenches and also michers." Steevens. A micher, I believe,
means only a lurking thief distinguished from one more daring. ..."
3. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"Padders and michers, laced cloaks, jingling spurs, slashed boots, tall plumes,
bullies and pimps, oaths and blasphemies—I promise you hell was waxing fat. ..."
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