''Disambiguation: a "mutchkin" can also refer a close-fitting Scottish
cap
A cap is a flat headgear, usually with a visor. Caps have crowns that fit very close to the head. They made their first appearance as early as 3200 BC. Caps typically have a visor, or no brim at all. They are popular in casual and informal se ...
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The mutchkin ( gd, mùisgein) was a
Scottish unit of liquid volume measurement that was in use from at least 1661 (and possibly as early as the 15th century) until the late 19th century, approximately equivalent to 424 mL, or roughly imperial pint. The word was derived from – a mid 15th-century Dutch measure of beer or wine.
*A mutchkin could be subdivided into four Scottish gills (of approximately 106 mL each) – this was roughly equivalent to three
imperial gills or three-quarters of an
imperial pint
The pint (, ; symbol pt, sometimes abbreviated as ''p'') is a unit of volume or capacity in both the imperial and United States customary measurement systems. In both of those systems it is traditionally one eighth of a gallon. The British impe ...
.
*Two mutchkins (848 mL) made one
chopin.
*Four mutchkins (1696 mL) made one
Scottish pint (or ''joug''), roughly equivalent to three
imperial pints (1705 mL).
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See also
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Obsolete Scottish units of measurement
Scottish or Scots units of measurement are the weights and measures peculiar to Scotland which were nominally replaced by English units in 1685 but continued to be used in unofficial contexts until at least the late 18th century. The system was ...
References
Obsolete Scottish units of measurement
Units of volume
Alcohol measurement
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