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muckenders

muckenders is the plural of muckender.

Meaning of muckender

Noun

muckender (plural muckenders)

  1. (obsolete) A handkerchief.
    • For the dull muse a muckender were fit / To wipe the slav'rings of her infant wit, / Which, though 'tis late, if justice could be found, / Should like blind, new-born puppies yet be drown'd.1979, Charles Sackville, “On Mr. Edward Howard upon his "New Utopia"”, in Brice Harris, editor, The Poems of Charles Sackville, Sixth Earl of Dorset, pages 16—17, lines 31—34

Questions about muckenders

What is muckenders the plural of?
Muckenders is the plural of muckender.

Words near muckenders in the dictionary

  1. mucked around
  2. mucked in
  3. mucked out
  4. mucked up
  5. muckender
  6. muckenders
  7. muckenger
  8. muckengers
  9. mucker
  10. muckered
  11. muckering

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