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mullock
CIDE DICTIONARY
mullock, n. [From Mull dirt: cf. Scot. mulloch, mulock, crumb. √108.].
Rubbish; refuse; dirt. [1913 Webster]
"All this mullok [was] in a sieve ythrowe."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mullock, n.
1 Austral. or dial. refuse, rubbish.
2 Austral. a rock containing no gold. b refuse from which gold has been extracted.
3 Austral. ridicule.
1 Austral. or dial. refuse, rubbish.
2 Austral. a rock containing no gold. b refuse from which gold has been extracted.
3 Austral. ridicule.
Etymology
ME dimin. of mul dust, rubbish, f. MDu.
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