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muckworm
[ muhk-wurm ]
noun
- (not in technical use) the larva of any of several insects, as the dung beetle, which lives in or beneath manure.
- a miser.
muckworm
/ ˈ³¾ÊŒ°ìËŒ·Éɜ˳¾ /
noun
- any larva or worm that lives in mud
- informal.a miser
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If the Old Lord Chatham were now alive, he would speak with respect of the muckworm, as he called the 'Change Alley people.
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The muckworm is no longer a creeping thing; it rears its head aloft, and makes the haughty borough-lords sneak about in holes and corners.'...
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Peace, Muckworm, or my Sword shall stop thy Breath for ever.
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The "muckworm" Cottington, as Browning calls him, suggested the sentence which was carried out.
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I am sick To think her wretched masters, Hamilton, The muckworm Cottington, the maniac Laud, May yet be longed-for back again.
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