mucker

mucker

Slang a coarse or vulgar person, esp. one without honor; cad

Origin of mucker

probably from German mucker, low person from mucken, to grumble from Middle High German mugen, to roar from Indo-European an unverified form mug- (from source Classical Latin mugire, to roar) from base an unverified form mu-: see mope

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Noun

(plural muckers)

(UK, slang, southern) friend
Fancy a pint, me old mucker?
(slang, Northern Ireland) friend or acquaintance
How's about ye mucker? = How are you?
A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.
(archaic, derogatory) A low or vulgar labourer.

Usage notes

Mucker, in the friendly senses, is used almost exclusively by a man to another man.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present muckers, present participle muckering, simple past and past participle muckered)

(obsolete) To scrape together (money, etc.) by mean labour or shifts.

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