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mucker¹

  • /ˈmʌkə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ʌkə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

By surface analysis, muck + -er.

Compare Swedish mokare/mockare (“one who cleans dung”, agent noun) → rörmokare/rörmockare (“plumber”, literally “pipe mucker”).

Compare the military sense to Finnish mokkeri (“private”, colloquial), to Swedish mocka (“to clean muck”); and Swedish mecka/meka (“to repair or improve (mechanical) equipment”), to meckaniker (“mechanic”); also Swedish mucka (“to complete military service”), from Tavringer Romani mucka (“to be released”). The military sense might also derive from a slur, a common practice in military lingo.

noun muckers

  1. A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.
  2. archaic, derogatory A low or vulgar labourer.
  3. British Army, slang A comrade; a friendly, low-ranking soldier in the same situation. Go and talk to your mucker!
  4. Northern Ireland, Southern England, UK, slang Friend, acquaintance. Fancy a pint, me old mucker?

    Similar: friend

verb muckers · muckering · muckered

  1. obsolete, transitive To scrape together (money, etc.) by mean labour or shifts. In tyme of plentie the riche too vpp mucker Corne, Grayne, or Chafre hopinge vppon dearthe.

Mucker²

Where it comes from

From German Mucker (“grumbler”).

noun Muckers

  1. historical A follower of the religious teachings of Johann Heinrich Schönherr (1770–1826) and Johann Wilhelm Ebel (1784–1861).

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noun friend, acquaintance, comrade

DeutschKumpel

noun person removing muck

DeutschGräber, Schutterer, Schutterarbeiter, Lader

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@misc{mucker_2026,
  title = {mucker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mucker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}