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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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maachtie
,
makhti
noun
a bottle
20
.
etymology:
origin obscure; perhaps connected with Scots
mutchkin
‘a measure of capacity for liquids or for powdery or granulated solids’; only attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies