Definition
mickles
noun
- A large amount or quantity; a considerable sum or portion.
Usage: chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect; often used in the phrase 'many a mickle makes a muckle'
adjective
- Large in size or amount; considerable.
Usage: chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect; archaic or dialectal in modern English
Examples
- A mickle of grain was stored in the barn for winter.
- He saved a mickle amount of money over the years.
- Many a mickle makes a muckle, as the old saying goes.
- The mickle harvest provided enough food for the entire village.
- She contributed a mickle to the community fund.