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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Other Word Forms
- muckerish adjective
- muckerism noun
Etymology
Origin of mucker
Example Sentences
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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
Some proper cockneys starred in the next all-London affair, eight years later, as West Ham saw off a Fulham side featuring their old mucker Bobby Moore.
From The Guardian • May 27, 2017
If he could leave out his long-time mucker Shaun Edwards from his coaching team, you knew he wasn't going to shirk the hard decisions on the playing side.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2013
A young mucker like you help me make good!
From On With Torchy by Lincoln, Foster
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