musch

Borrowed from French mouche (“fly”), attested since 1710.

• mosch, mouch, mouche, muſch, mousche, much (archaic)

musch c

1. (cosmetics) a beauty spot; a small black dot painted or attached to the skin for beauty

   Hypernym: skönhetsfläck (“beaty spot”)

   • 1788 March 8, “Kundgjoͤrelſer: [Announcements:]”, in Norrköpings Tidningar, page 3:

     På Apotheket Kronan, finnes Engelſtr Muſch-plåſter.

     At Pharmacy Kronan, English beauty spot patches are available.

2. (knitting) a decorative rise on knitted textile
   • 2021 December 15, Malin Rosdahl, “Sticka tröja med små muscher”, in Allas:

     På stickor nr 5+¹⁄₂ stickar du nya fina tröjan, uppifrån och ner, med söta muscher som faller från varje axel.

     On knitting needles no. 5+¹⁄₂, knit a new nice sweater, from top to bottom, with cute rises that fall from each shoulder.

musch c

1. clipping of mustasch (“mustache”)
   • 2021 November 30, Måns Lindman, “Tema Movember: Bästa mustascherna på film [Theme Movember: The best mustaches on film]”, in Gamereactor‎^[1]:

     […] från bästa musch till årets miss-tasche.

     […] from best tache to the year's mis-tache.

• moppemusch (“peachfuzz”)

• musch in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• musch in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)