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plural mutchkins
(Scotland) A unit of fluid capacity approximately equal to three-quarters of an imperial pint (0.43 litres) quotations examples
Paint Scotland greetin owre her thrissle;Her mutchkin stowp as toom's a whissle;An' damn'd excisemen in a bussle,Seizin a stell,Triumphant crushin't like a mussel,Or limpet shell!
1786, Robert Burns, The Author's Earnest Cry And Prayer