Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Middle English form of mickle.

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  • Perhaps more pertinent for this section are klootchman (or klootch) and mahala, both of which are essentially synonyms for squaw, the first among tribes of northwestern America (it derives from Nootka lotssman ` woman, wife '), the second among tribes of California's San Joaquin Valley and adjacent Sierra Nevada slopes (it derives from Yokuts mokel ` woman').

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 3 1984

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