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mudlark

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mudlark [ˈmʌdˌlɑːk]
n
1. Slang, now rare a street urchin
2. (formerly) one who made a living by picking up odds and ends in the mud of tidal rivers
3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Racing) Austral slang a racehorse that runs well on a wet or muddy course
Translations
mudlark [ˈmʌdlɑːk] NgalopĂ­n m


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So, unwieldy young dredgers and hulking mudlarks were referred to the experiences of Thomas Twopence, who, having resolved not to rob (under circumstances of uncommon atrocity) his particular friend and benefactor, of eighteenpence, presently came into supernatural possession of three and sixpence, and lived a shining light ever afterwards.
 
 
 
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