micher

• mitcher

From Middle English mycher, müchere, müchare, equivalent to mich +‎ -er. More at mitch.

micher (plural michers)

1. One who goes sneaking about for dishonest or improper purposes; one who skulks, or keeps out of sight; a pander or go-between.
2. A thief; especially a secret or petty thief.
3. One who feigns poverty.
4. A truant; one who is absent without permission.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :

     Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a micher and eat blackberries?

• mitchery

micher (third-person singular simple present michers, present participle michering, simple past and past participle michered)

1. (intransitive) To sneak.

• mitchering

• “micher”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Emrich, Mechir, Remich, chimer