The Collaborative International Dictionary
Micher \Mich"er\, n. [OE. michare, muchare. See Mich.]
One who skulks, or keeps out of sight; hence, a truant; an
idler; a thief, etc. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Wiktionary
n. 1 One who goes sneaking about for dishonest or improper purposes; one who skulks, or keeps out of sight; a pander or go-between. 2 A thief; especially a secret or petty thief. 3 One who pretends poverty. 4 A truant; one who improperly absents himself. vb. (context intransitive English) To sneak.
Usage examples of "micher".
He was born at Pavia from the illicit union of Fazio Cardano, a Milanese jurisconsult and mathematician of considerable repute, and a young widow, whose maiden name had been Chiara Micheria, his father being fifty-six, and his mother thirty-seven years of age at his birth.
Captain, I would say that we are not a gang of padders and michers, but a crew of honest seamen, who harm none but those who harm us.