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muckler

muckler is the comparative form of muckle.

Meaning of muckle

Adjective

muckle (comparative muckler, superlative mucklest)

  1. (Scotland, archaic, outside-Northumbria) Large, massive.
    • She clorts a muckle piece [sandwich] tae me, wi' different kinds o' jam,c. 1930, George S. Morris, song A Pair o Nicky-tams
  2. (Scotland, archaic, outside-Northumbria) Much.
    • But long they waited, and longer still, / With doubt and muckle pain, / But woe were the hearts of his brethren, / For he came not back again.1890, Joseph Jacobs, “Childe Rowland”, in English Fairy Tales, page 118

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Questions about muckler

What is muckler the comparative form of?
Muckler is the comparative form of muckle.

Words near muckler in the dictionary

  1. muckle
  2. Muckle-Wells syndrome
  3. muckled
  4. Muckleford
  5. Muckleford South
  6. muckler
  7. muckles
  8. Muckleshoot
  9. mucklest
  10. Muckley
  11. muckling

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