mudlark
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mudlark
- /ˈmʌdlɑːk/ UK
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From mud + lark.
noun mudlarks
- A pig; pork.
- One who scavenges in river or harbor mud for items of value, especially in London. Besides these, there were the mudlark and the scupple hunter: the former prowling about at low water, receiving in his small bag such petty packages as he could get from his dishonest friends on board; and the later sneaking about the wharves and quays, under the pretense of wanting work, to pick up
- A child who plays in the mud; a child that spends most of its time in the streets, a street urchin. the children were nothing like inert: a large population of junior mudlarks, so long unwashed that you could hardly make them out, climbed among the ruins, cheerfully playing the games that all children play – pushing wheels with sticks, flipping rusty lids and bottle caps in makeshift tiddlywinks.
- A soldier of the Royal Engineers.
- Any of various birds that are found in muddy places or build their nests with mud, especially Anthus petrosus and Alauda arvensis.
- The Grallina cyanoleuca that builds its nest with mud into a bowl-like shape.
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A racehorse that performs well on muddy or wet tracks.
Similar: mudder
verb mudlarks · mudlarking · mudlarked
- To scavenge in river or harbor mud for items of value.
Talk about this word "mudlark." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mudlark. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mudlark. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mudlark "mudlark." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mudlark.
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@misc{mudlark_2026,
title = {mudlark},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mudlark},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
