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muck
noun- semen UK
- — Roger’s Profanisaurus, December 1997
- Mario was very much in the dump-me-muck-and-turf-’em-out camp, whereas Arabella belonged to the doey-eyed-let’s-have-a-cuddle-and-plan-the-rest-of-the-day-together school of thought. — Colin Butts, Is Harry Still on the Boat?, p. 107, 2003
- any unpleasant, vile or disgusting thing to eat or drink UK, 1882
- If Norman thought she was going to eat this overpriced muck with a perfectly good cold supper waiting in the refrigerator at home and a decent programme on the telly, he could forget it. — P. D. James, Devices & Desires, p. 78, 1992
- bad weather UK, 1855
- I’ve always appreciated knowing where I can get out of the muck and into better visibility. — Jerry A Eichenberger, Cross-Country Flying, p. 60, 1994
- stage makeup US, 1926
- — Wilfred Granville, The Theatre Dictionary, p. 178, 1952
- — Paul Baker, Polari, p. 181, 2002
- in poker, the pile of discarded cards US
- — Anthony Holden, Big Deal, p. 302, 1990
▶ as muck
very, exceedingly UK, 1782
Especially used in the phrase “common as muck”.▶ make a muck of
to ruin UK, 1906- It was the great and the good, in the shape of the BBC governors, who made a muck of the Gilligan business. — Guardian, 16 February 2004
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