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mullocker

mullocker noun: a worker who clears waste material from a mine.

Noun

mullocker (plural mullockers)

  1. (New Zealand) A worker who clears waste material from a mine.
    • This clause shall be satisfied as to such of the employees as are contract miners, or fillers, or truckers, or mullockers, by adding 1s. to the amount which they are to be respectively set to earn.1920, The New South Wales Industrial Gazette, volume 17, page 106

Forms of mullocker

pluralmullockers

Origin of mullocker

From mullock + -er.

Questions about mullocker

What does mullocker mean?
Mullocker means a worker who clears waste material from a mine.
What part of speech is mullocker?
Mullocker is a noun.
What is the plural of mullocker?
The plural of mullocker is mullockers.

Words near mullocker in the dictionary

  1. mullitizes
  2. mullitizing
  3. mullo
  4. mullock
  5. mullocked
  6. mullocker
  7. mullockers
  8. mullocking
  9. mullocks
  10. mullocky
  11. mulloid

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