muckworm
muckworm noun: a larva living in mud or manure.
Noun
muckworm (plural muckworms)
- A larva living in mud or manure.
- Someone who gathers wealth through overwork of employees and sordid means; a miser.
- Here you a muckworm of the town might see, / At his dull desk, amid his legers stall'd, / Eat up with carking care and penurie; / Most like to carcase parch'd on gallows-tree.1748, James Thomson, “Canto I”, in The Castle of Indolence
- We have painted one Money-Lender — not the mere sordid muckworm of a century ago, but the man-eater of the present day.1840, Douglas William Jerrold, “The Money-Lender”, in The Writings of Douglas Jerrold, published 1853, page 279
muckworm meaning in Tamil
muckworm in Tamil
- எருப்புழு, சாணிப்புழு பூச்சி
Forms of muckworm
| plural | muckworms |
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Origin of muckworm
From muck + worm.
Questions about muckworm
- What does muckworm mean?
- Muckworm means a larva living in mud or manure.
- What is muckworm in Tamil?
- Muckworm in Tamil is எருப்புழு, சாணிப்புழு பூச்சி. See Muckworm meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is muckworm?
- Muckworm is a noun.
- What is the plural of muckworm?
- The plural of muckworm is muckworms.
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