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muck-rake
▪ I. ˈmuck-rake, n. A rake for collecting ‘muck’. Also fig. The source of the figurative use is Bunyan's description of ‘the Man with the Muck-rake’, which was intended as an emblem of absorption in the pursuit of worldly gain; but in modern use it is often made to refer generally to a preference fo... Oxford English Dictionary
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Muckraker
The term is a reference to a character in John Bunyan's classic Pilgrim's Progress, "the Man with the Muck-rake", who rejected salvation to focus on filth wikipedia.org
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muck-raking
ˈmuck-raking, vbl. n. [f. muck-rake n. and v. + -ing1.] The employing of a muck-rake, in fig. senses. Also concr., the results of psychological or social inquiries.1911 N.Y. Even. Post 25 Jan. 14 The same articles brought President Roosevelt to the defence of the Senate, and led him to apply the wor... Oxford English Dictionary
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muck-raker
ˈmuck-raker [-er1.] A person who uses a muck-rake. In literary use only fig. † a. A miser. Obs. (Cf. muckworm 2 a.) b. One who seeks out and publishes scandals, allegations of corruption, etc., about prominent people, esp. public officials. orig. U.S. c. A prurient inquirer into private morals; a wr... Oxford English Dictionary
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Brendan Gullifer
A novelist who's not afraid to 'muck-rake' ", and compared favourably to Henry L. Mencken. wikipedia.org
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Joseph Noel Paton
Vitae (1866) Spindrift (1867) Poem The Fairy Raid: Carrying Off a Changeling – Midsummer Eve, 1867 Oskold and the Ell-maids (1874) The Man with the Muck-Rake wikipedia.org
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muck
▪ I. muck, n.1 (mʌk) Forms: 3–4 muc, 3 mokke, 3–5 mukke, 3–6 muk, 3–4, 6 Sc. mok, 4 moke, 4–7 mucke, 5–6 muke, 6 mouk(e, Sc. mwk, 5– muck. [Early ME. muk, prob. of Scandinavian origin: cf. ON. myki fem., dung (Da. m{obar}g, in 16th c. mwgh neut., mug, mog, m{obar}k, Norw. myk):—*mukîn- wk. fem., pro... Oxford English Dictionary
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مكراكرز
هذا المصطلح يشير إلى شخصية جون بونيان في كتاب بروجريم الذي أطلق عليه "Muck-rake" وتعني الشخص الذي يشعل النار أو يكشف الفضائح، أصبحت المصطلح شهيراً بعد wikipedia.org
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drag
▪ I. drag, v. (dræg) Also 5–6 dragge. [Not known before 15th c. A derivative of OE. draᵹan, or ON. draga (Sw. draga, Da. drage) to draw. Perh. a special northern dialect-form in which the g has been preserved instead of forming a diphthong with the prec. a, as in English generally: cf. Jos. Wright, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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