mudlarker
(ˈmʌdlɑːkə(r))
[f. mudlark v. + -er1.]
= mudlark n. 2 a.
| 1818 ‘A. Burton’ Adventures J. Newcome i. 26 Slopmen, Mud-larkers and Crimps. 1840 Marryat Poor Jack viii, I was now what is termed a regular Mud-larker, picking up halfpence by running into the water. Ibid. xviii, A mudlarker was a man who had an old boat,..furnished with an iron bar full of hooks, which was lowered down by a rope to catch pieces of cordage, oakum, canvas, or other articles, which might fall overboard from the..vessels in the river. |