mucker
Barn waste remover
A mucker is a laborer who removes muck—dirt, rock, or debris—especially in mining or construction.
In British and Irish slang, mucker is a friendly term for a mate or pal: He's an old mucker of mine from school.
To come a mucker is British slang for taking a heavy fall or suffering a serious setback.
Non-kin mutual bond
- matePartner or companion
- palClose trusted companion
- buddyInformal term for companion
- chumFriend or fish scraps
comrade · sidekick · crony · confidant · ally · partner · associate · cohort
Machine that digs earth
- shovelerOne who uses a spade
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
underground · coal · extraction · prospector · hardrock · tailings · headframe · drift
Strenuous, prolonged effort
- shovelingMoving material with a blade tool
- drudgeryHard, boring work
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- exertionVigorous physical effort
manual · grind · effort · hauling · dirty work · grunt work · heavy lifting · backbreaking
friend
Non-kin mutual bond
chum · comrade · sidekick · crony · confidant · ally · partner · associate · cohort · fellow
excavator
Machine that digs earth
shaft · underground · coal · extraction · prospector · hardrock · tailings · headframe · drift · adit
toil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
exertion · manual · grind · effort · hauling · dirty work · grunt work · heavy lifting · backbreaking · grueling
dung
Animal fecal matter
- excrementSolid bodily waste
- fertilizerSoil nutrient supplement
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
spreading · farmyard · stable · stall · livestock · animal waste · slurry · bedding · pitchfork · wheelbarrow
- gold mininggold pan, pan, panning, nuggets, gold nugget
- horse workersgroom, stable hand, stable boy, stable girl, farrier
- minersminer, coal miner, gold miner, forty-niner, overman
- Ulster Slangwee, aye, craic, eejit, wean
- mucked upSpoiled through carelessness
- muck upSpoil through carelessness
- muck outRemove stable waste
- mucking aboutAimless playful activity
- mucking aroundAimless, unserious activity
- muck aboutBehave in silly, unproductive ways
muck, mucky, mucking, mucked, muckiest, muckier, muckiness, muckers, muckrake