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muckle

American  
[muhk-uhl] / ˈmʌk əl /

adjective

British Dialect.
  1. mickle.


muckle British  
/ ˈmʌkəl /

adjective

  1. large; much

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. much; greatly

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of muckle

Middle English mukel, variant of muchel; see much


Example Sentences

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The banner posted across Scots Wikipedia bears an important notice: “Followin recent revelations, Scots Wikipedia is presently reviewin its airticles for muckle leid inaccuracies.”

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2020

This page has since been fixed with proper Scots and now states that a veelage is “muckler nor a clachan but no as muckle nor a toun.”

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2020

Many a mickle makes a muckle NECESSITY, so the proverb has it, is the mother of invention.

From Economist ● Oct. 18, 2012

As in: Mony a mickle wee bits of writing over the years maks "makar" a muckle deal of an honour to find oneself receiving a month after one's 63rd birthday .

From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2011

"How dae ye ken?" he asked with an air of scorn, "ye dinna ken muckle yirsel'."

From The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona by Cora Marsland

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