filch

Meanings

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Noun

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Origin

  • From Middle English filchen ("to pilfer, to steal"). The further origin of the word is uncertain, but it is perhaps related to Old English fylċian ("to marshal#Verb") and Old English ġefylċe ("[[band of man"), which would make it related to [[folk.

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