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muckworm
[ muhk-wurm ]
noun
- (not in technical use) the larva of any of several insects, as the dung beetle, which lives in or beneath manure.
- a miser.
muckworm
/ ˈmʌkˌwɜːm /
noun
- any larva or worm that lives in mud
- informal.a miser
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Example Sentences
He is as handsome a young fellow as ever was hatched from a muckworm.
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The "muckworm" Cottington, as Browning calls him, suggested the sentence which was carried out.
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Peace, Muckworm, or my Sword shall stop thy Breath for ever.
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"In that he lied like the muckworm that he is," I exclaimed.
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You may hang the muckworm, and what shall that profit any one?
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