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  • es Meische ˉˊ ˘ noun, pl. Meischer
    1. mousey
    2. dass dich des ~ beisst! don't you dare! (Used jestingly as a threat, or in an exclamation, to children.) (The word Meische as used in this and the expression below is, however, not the word for a little mouse, but is by derivation the word Misel in Miselsucht=E leprosy, and the expression was originally an evil wish or a curse.)
    3. dass dich des ~ beisst! that beats all! (Used jestingly as a threat, or in an exclamation, to children.)
    Etymology: Diminutive of G Maus
    See also Meisel.