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noun
A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.
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noun
A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.
A low or vulgar labourer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, derogatory
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noun
A comrade; a friendly, low-ranking soldier in the same situation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British-Army, slang
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noun
Friend, acquaintance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-Ireland, Southern-England, UK, slang
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noun
A follower of the religious teachings of Johann Heinrich Schönherr (1770–1826) and Johann Wilhelm Ebel (1784–1861).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: lifestyle, religion
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verb
To scrape together (money, etc.) by mean labour or shifts.
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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History
By surface analysis, muck + -er. Compare Swedish mokare/mockare (“one who cleans dung”, agent noun) → rörmokare/rörmockare (“plumber”, literally “pipe mucker”). Compare the military sense to Finnish mokkeri (“private”, colloquial), to Swedish mocka (“to clean muck”); and Swedish mecka/meka (“to repair or improve (mechanical) equipment”), to meckaniker (“mechanic”); also Swedish mucka (“to complete military service”), from Tavringer Romani mucka (“to be released”). The military sense might also derive from a slur, a common practice in military lingo.
From German Mucker (“grumbler”).
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