noun
- Plural of mutchkin; a unit of liquid measure used in Scotland, equal to approximately three-quarters of a pint or about 425 milliliters.
Usage: archaic; Scottish; historical
Examples
- The old Scottish recipe called for two mutchkins of cream.
- In 18th-century Scotland, merchants measured whisky in mutchkins.
- The apothecary dispensed medicine by the mutchkin.
- Historical records show that mutchkins were standard measures in Edinburgh markets.