mitching

noun3

1. •
   (UK, Ireland) Playing truant.

   • As soon as she was out of the front gate, my father would say, ‘Come along, son: let's go mitchin'!’ and we'd go out to the shed at the back [...]. — 1974
2. •
   (dialect, UK) Pilfering; skulking.
3. •
   (dialect, UK) A pretense of poverty.