muckworm

[ muhk-wurm ]

/ ˈmʌkˌwɜrm /

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noun

(not in technical use) the larva of any of several insects, as the dung beetle, which lives in or beneath manure.

a miser.

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Origin of muckworm

First recorded in 1590–1600; muck + worm

Words nearby muckworm

muckraker, muckrakers, mucksweat, muck-up, muck-up day, muckworm, mucky, muckymuck, mucluc, muco-, mucocele

How to use muckworm in a sentence

He is as handsome a young fellow as ever was hatched from a muckworm.
The International Magazine, Vol. IV. New-York, December 1, 1851. No. V.|Various
The "muckworm" Cottington, as Browning calls him, suggested the sentence which was carried out.
Browning's England|Helen Archibald Clarke
Peace, Muckworm, or my Sword shall stop thy Breath for ever.
The Stolen Heiress|Susanna Centlivre
"In that he lied like the muckworm that he is," I exclaimed.
The Strolling Saint|Raphael Sabatini

You may hang the muckworm, and what shall that profit any one?
The Lion's Skin|Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for muckworm

muckworm

/ (ˈmʌkˌwɜːm) /

noun

any larva or worm that lives in mud

informal a miser

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