Mucker
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Mucker may refer to:
- On a farm, a "mucker" is a person who shovels feces ("muck") from animal stalls in a barn. A "mucker" is a person who mucks, i.e., shovels[1][2]
- In publishing, a mucker (or muckraker) is a person who digs through the figurative feces (see On a farm) to find the truth.
- In mining, a mucker is a person who shovels broken ore or waste rock into orecars or orebuckets.[3]
- Muckers is the nickname of a group in Pietism, followers of certain theologians
- The Mucker, a 1914 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- In North American ice hockey "Mucker" is synonymous with a Grinder as a player who is tough and hardworking with a willingness to "do the dirty work" and "dig out the puck". It is ofter used in combination, "He's a mucker and grinder."
- "Mucker" is also a British colloquialism meaning "friend".[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Mucking The Barn". http://thegoatcheeselady.wordpress.com/2011/01/15/mucking-the-barn/. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
- ^ "Day 3 Mucking in on a farm". bbc.com. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/photos/localhero/5884/4. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
- ^ Applebaum, Herbert A. (1998). The American work ethic and the changing work force: an historical perspective. Greenwood Press. p. 105. ISBN 0-313-30677-X.
- ^ "mucker, n.1". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. http://oed.com/view/Entry/123172. Retrieved 20-02-2012.
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