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muckering

muckering is the present participle and gerund of mucker.

Meaning of mucker

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To scrape together (money, etc.) by mean labour or shifts.
    • In tyme of plentie the riche too vpp mucker Corne, Grayne, or Chafre hopinge vppon dearthe.1548, William Forrest, Pleasaunt Poesye of Princelie Practise

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Questions about muckering

What is muckering the present participle and gerund of?
Muckering is the present participle and gerund of mucker.

Words near muckering in the dictionary

  1. muckenders
  2. muckenger
  3. muckengers
  4. mucker
  5. muckered
  6. muckering
  7. muckerish
  8. muckerism
  9. muckers
  10. mucket
  11. muckets

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