mucker
Americannoun
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Slang. a vulgar, illbred person.
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Informal. a person who often does or says the wrong thing; bungler.
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(especially in mining) a person who removes muck.
noun
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mining a person who shifts broken rock or waste
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slang
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a friend; mate
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a coarse person
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Smith’s knock, with a bit of help from his Surrey mucker Gus Atkinson, got England to a competitive 267.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2024
Prodded by the tour guide, Marty McNamee, a third-generation miner with a scraggly beard and a light-up helmet, Hunter approached a rusted track mucker.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2019
Carter is the first to congratulate his old mucker, everyone is obviously delighted for the dreadlocked centre.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2015
Mine officials said the mucker would accelerate the pace of digging since the time-consuming practice of securing the tunnel roof as digging proceeded was unnecessary for a drone.
From Reuters ● Apr. 17, 2011
"Gone such a mucker over it?" suggested he.
From Leonore Stubbs by L. B. Walford
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