What does kinchin mort mean?

kinchin mort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kinch-in -mort
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Meaning

noun

A female child, especially one carried by a beggar.

British usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"My doxy I haue by the Salomon a doxy, that carries a kitchin mort in her ſlat at her backe, beſides my dell and my dainty wilde del, with all whom I'le tumble this next darkmans in the ſtrommel, […]"
"“I’ll pray for nane o’ him,” said Meg, “nor for you neither, you randy dog. The times are sair altered since I was a kinchin-mort.[…]”"

Usage

British usage
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Inflected Forms

kinchin morts (plural) kinchen mort (alternative) kinchen mot (alternative) kinchen mott (alternative) kinchin mot (alternative) kinchin mott (alternative)

Phrases

kinchin cove

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