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muckworm
ˈmuckworm [f. muck n.1 + worm.] 1. A worm or grub that lives in ‘muck’; in U.S. spec. (see quot. 1842).1685 A. Horneck Crucif. Jesus xxiii. 795 Grovel in the dust like a muckworm. 1842 T. W. Harris Insects Injur. Veget. (1862) 31 note, There is a grub..which is frequently found under old manure-heap...
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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...
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Richard "Dicky" Suett
October 1788, Gardiner in 'King Henry VIII,' Oliver (an original part) in Cumberland's 'Impostors,' 26 January 1789, Bartholo in 'Follies of a Day,' Muckworm
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otherguise
† otherguise, a. Obs. (ˈʌðəgaɪz) [Corruption of prec. by folk-etymology, after guise.] = prec.1653 Z. Bogan Mirth Chr. Life 367 Thy soule must have otherguise food, if ever it think to grow. 1688 Bunyan Dying Sayings Wks. 50 The trial we have before God is of otherguise importance. 1727–41 Chambers ...
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I'se
Ise, I'se a. Dial. or archaic abbreviation of I shall; also = I's, I is, dial. for I am.1796 Ned Evans I. 136 I'se warrant you've been at Mr. Muckworm's. 1814 Scott Wav. xxx, I'se warrant him nane of your whingeing King George folk. Ibid. xlii, Troth I'se ensure him, an he'll bide us. 1828 Craven Di...
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verminous
verminous, a. (ˈvɜːmɪnəs) [f. vermin n. + -ous, or ad. L. verminōs-us (whence OF. verminous, vermenous, -eux, etc., = mod.F. vermineux, -euse, It., Sp., Pg. verminoso, Prov. vermenos):—vermis worm.] 1. Of the nature of, consisting of, vermin; like or resembling vermin in character; noxious, objectio...
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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...
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shilly-shally
▪ I. shilly-shally, advb. phr., a., n. (ˈʃɪlɪˌʃælɪ) [At first written shill I, shall I, altered form of shall I, shall I: see shall v. B. 7 a (d). For the vowel-alteration cf. dilly-dally, wishy-washy.] A. advb. phr. to stand shill I, shall I: to vacillate, to be irresolute or undecided. Also to go ...
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