muckworm

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muckworm

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From muck + worm.

noun muckworms

A larva living in mud or manure.
Someone who gathers wealth through overwork of employees and sordid means; a miser. Here you a muckworm of the town might see, / At his dull desk, amid his legers stall'd, / Eat up with carking care and penurie; / Most like to carcase parch'd on gallows-tree.

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@misc{muckworm_2026,
  title = {muckworm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/muckworm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}