muckle
Americanadjective
adjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of muckle
Middle English mukel, variant of muchel; see much
Example Sentences
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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
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
Many a mickle makes a muckle NECESSITY, so the proverb has it, is the mother of invention.
From Economist • Oct. 18, 2012
But they are by no means a team, these muckle men, with their proud and resentful expressions.
From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2012
Ay hae we," replied the mistress—"owre muckle o that.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
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