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Definition: MUCKWORM |
MUCKWORMNoun1. One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser. 2. A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles. |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | MUCKWORM. A miser. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Commonalty | Beggar, gaberlunzie, muckworm, mudlark, sans culotte, raff, tatterdemalion, caitiff, ragamuffin, Pariah, outcast of society, tramp, vagabond, bezonian, panhandler, sundowner, chiffonnier, Cinderella, cinderwench, scrub, jade; gossoon. |
Parsimony | Miser, churl, screw, skinflint, crib, codger, muckworm, scrimp, lickpenny, hunks, curmudgeon, Harpagon, harpy, extortioner, Jew, usurer; Hessian; pinch fist, pinch penny. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "MUCKWORM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | koprrac (avaricious, cheese paring, churl, clam, close-fisted, curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, grasping, griping, mean, mingy, miser, money grubber, money-grubbing, narrow, near, rapacious, saving, screwy, scrimp, sharpener, skin, skinflint, stingy, tight-fisted, tightwad, turn-penny), dorështrënguar (avaricious, careful, close-fisted, grasping, large handed, mean, mingy, miserly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, rapacious, saving, scrimp, skinflint, snippy, tight, tight-fisted). (various references) | |
Arabic | دودة الروث. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | скъперник (accumulator, churl, curmudgeon, hunks, miser, save-all, scrape-penny, screw), торен червей, пинтия (grab-all, skinflint). (various references) | |
French | ver de terre. (various references) | |
Greek | κοπρωσκώληξ, φιλάργυροσ (avaricious, illiberal, miser, miserly, parsimonious, penurious, skinflint, sordid, stingy, ungenerous). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ganajtúróbogár (scarab). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uckwormmay.(various references) | |
Romanian | zgârcit (accumulator, avaricious, cheese paring, churlish, clenched, close, close-fisted, close-handed, costive, covetous, curmudgeon, grasping, hunks, illiberal, iron-fisted, mean, miser, miserly, money grubber, parsimonious, penny father, penny-wise, penurious, screw, skimpy, skin, skinflint, sparing, stingy, tight), vierme de bãlegar, avar (accumulative, avaricious, churl, churlish, close, close-fisted, grasping, miser, miserly, money grubber, penurious, screw, stingy). (various references) | |
Russian | скряга (cheapskate, clam, close file, curmudgeon, flay-flint, hunks, miser, nickel nurser, scrooge, skinflint, tightwad), навозный червь. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | crv (maggot, worm). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | kẻ keo kiệt, kẻ biển lận đứa bé cầu bơ cầu bất, kẻ bủn xỉn, đứa bé lang thang đầu đường xó chợ (mudlark). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "MUCKWORM": muckworms. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-k-m-m-o-r-u-w" | |
-3 letters: mucor, mucro. | |
-4 letters: cork, corm, crow, mock, muck, murk, rock, ruck, work, worm. | |
-5 letters: cor, cow, cum, cur, cwm, kor, moc, mom, mor, mow, mum, orc, our, roc, rom, row, rum, umm, wok. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-k-m-m-o-r-u-w" | |
+1 letter: muckworms. | |
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