Mite

or mitey, subs. (common).—A cheesemonger; cf. BURNCRUST, CORKS, etc.

  1765.  FOOTE, The Commissary, iii. 1. There liv’d Miss Cicely MITE, the only daughter of old MITE the cheesemonger.

  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.

  1811.  GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.