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PRONUNCIATION OF MUDLARK

mudlark  [ˈmʌdˌlɑːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUDLARK

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verb
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determiner
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Mudlark is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MUDLARK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mudlark

Mudlark

A mudlark is someone who scavenges in river mud for items of value, a term used especially to describe those who scavenged this way in London during the late 18th and 19th centuries. Mudlarks would search in the muddy shores of the River Thames during low tide, scavenging for anything that could be resold and sometimes, when occasion offered, pilfering from river traffic. By at least the late 18th century people dwelling near the river could scrape a subsistence living this way. Mudlarks were usually either youngsters aged between eight and fifteen, or the robust elderly; and though most mudlarks were male, girls and women were also scavengers. Becoming a mudlark was usually a choice dictated by poverty and lack of skills. Work conditions were filthy and uncomfortable, as excrement and waste would wash onto the shores from the raw sewage and sometimes the corpses of humans, cats and dogs also. Mudlarks would often get cuts from broken glass left on the shore.

Definition of mudlark in the English dictionary

The first definition of mudlark in the dictionary is a street urchin. Other definition of mudlark is one who made a living by picking up odds and ends in the mud of tidal rivers. Mudlark is also a racehorse that runs well on a wet or muddy course.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUDLARK


antiplaque
ˌæntɪˈplɑːk
Clark
klɑːk
Clarke
klɑːk
clerk
klɑːk
lakh
lɑːk
lark
lɑːk
lat.
lɑːk
meadowlark
ˈmɛdəʊˌlɑːk
skylark
ˈskaɪˌlɑːk
talak
tæˈlɑːk
talaq
tæˈlɑːk
titlark
ˈtɪtˌlɑːk
Vlach
vlɑːk
woodlark
ˈwʊdˌlɑːk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUDLARK

mudeye
mudfish
mudflats
mudflow
mudge
mudguard
mudhole
mudhook
mudir
mudiria
mudlogger
mudlogging
mudpack
mudra
mudrock
mudroom
mudscow
mudsill
mudskipper
mudslide

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUDLARK

bookmark
Danmark
dark
Denmark
eastern meadowlark
Hyde Park
landmark
magpie lark
mark
national park
Registered Trademark
shark
shore lark
spark
stark
the park
trademark
up with the lark
watermark
western meadowlark

Synonyms and antonyms of mudlark in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mudlark» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUDLARK

Find out the translation of mudlark to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mudlark from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mudlark» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mudlark
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mudlark
570 millions of speakers

English

mudlark
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mudlark
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mudlark
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Mudlark
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Mudlark
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mudlark
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mudlark
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mudlark
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mudlark
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mudlark
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mudlark
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mudlark
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thằng ba de
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mudlark
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिखल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mudlark
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mudlark
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ulicznik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Mudlark
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mudlark
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Mudlark
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

straat seun
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Mudlark
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Mudlark
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mudlark

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUDLARK»

The term «mudlark» is regularly used and occupies the 101.657 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUDLARK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mudlark

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUDLARK»

Discover the use of mudlark in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mudlark and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mudlark
When Lark and Jay Dodge move to Washington State's Shoalwater Peninsula, life falls into a rhythm of house renovation and baby-making until Lark's new neighbor, Bonnie, finds a corpse on the beach.
Sheila Simonson, 2012
2
Mudlark
The story of two boys living in Portsmouth at the time of the First World War.
John Sedden, 2005
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Mudlark's Ghosts: And the Restoration of a Herreshoff Meadow ...
This is the story of why and how he devoted many years to the restoration of Mudlark, and of what he learned in the process about wooden boats, the timbers they are made of, the designers and craftsmen who make and repair them, the tools ...
Ian Scott, 2007
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2013 Poet's Market
MUDLARK: AN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF POETRY & POETICS Dept. of English, University of North Florida, Jacksonville FL 32224-2645. (904)620-2273. Fax: (904)620-3940. E-mail: ...
Robert Lee Brewer, 2012
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2014 Poet's Market
MUDLARK: AN ELECTRONIC JOURNALOF POETRY& POETICS Department of English, University of North Florida, Jacksonville FL 32224-2645. (904)620-2273. Fax: (904)620-3940. E-mail: ...
Robert Lee Brewer, 2013
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Mudlark
Like Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Assassin's Apprentice, Mudlark is an atmospheric and thought-provoking fantasy adventure by debut author Chris Matthews.
Chris Matthews, 2013
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Nutrients and Eutrophication in Estuaries and Coastal Waters
Water quality parameters simulated in MUDLARK were temperature, salinity, DO, BOD, nitrate, ammonia, phosphate and FC. A longitudinal dispersion coefficient related to the tidal excursion was introduced into the MUDLARK algorithm to ...
Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association. Symposium, Emma Orive, Mike Elliott, 2002
8
Sheltie Finds a Friend
Mudlark, Marjorie Wallace's donkey, comes to stay with Sheltie, but when Mudlark disappears one morning, Sheltie and Emma begin an intense search to find him before Marjorie gets back from her trip.
‎2000
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The Welcome Guest
was soon hashed once more into silence. The youngest mudlark then dropped into the main sewer in the same way as hie brother, and the lantern was pulled down by a string which hung attached to it, and dexterously caught, without shaking ...
‎1859
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Frank Leslie's New Family Magazine
The youngest mudlark first worked his way through this hole, legs foremost, dropping into a place which just allowed his small weasel-face to peep through the hole. The sleeping baby was pushed through to him, like a baking into an oven, ...
Frank Leslie, 1859

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUDLARK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mudlark is used in the context of the following news items.
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London 'mudlark' unearths N.J. man's missing WWII dog tag
Roughly 70 years after Casper James LaMotta returned to the United States from serving overseas during World War II, his dog tag was ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
2
Mastering the wet
MUDLARK: Nathan Jones gets the ball forward amid the Pioneer Park quagmire during Saturday's clash with Greta. DESPITE heavy conditions ... «Alpine Observer & Myrtleford Times, Jul 15»
3
Win 1 of 3 Payroll & The Yellow Ballon DVD sets
Frankie Palmer (Andrew Ray, The Mudlark) is a normal, lovable boy who one day catches sight of a yellow balloon in a shop window. Procuring the money from ... «Film News, Jul 15»
4
Mudlark Pottery Studio expanding on Florence's Main Street, more …
Even with the closure of Yesterday's Café and Tea Room, the news is not all bad for Main Street in Florence: The Mudlark Pottery Studio and ... «User-generated content, Jul 15»
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Brook Road and trainer Kris Less have taken the road less travelled …
Lees' two-pronged attack won't just be restricted to the seventh event at Rosehill with the Newcastle trainer accepting with both mudlark Electric ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Smiles and frowns at the races
... turn and into the homestraight but danger loomed as the Samba Rabin's mudlark came under pressure from all directions with 200M left. «The Borneo Post, Jun 15»
7
Mud-runner Royal Island heads north
A lack of wet tracks in Melbourne has forced trainer John Salanitri to bring mudlark Royal Island north for Saturday's Civic Stakes at Rosehill. «Bloodstock.com.au, Jun 15»
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Mudlark Theatre: 'Romeo and Juliet'
Mudlark Theater makes its fifth stand at Shakespeare on the Ridge with a youth-driven production of "Romeo and Juliet." Mudlark's 90-minute ... «Evanston Now, Jun 15»
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Watch explosion at Greenwich as Second World War grenade is …
A find by regular mudlark and artist Nicola White "woke up the whole of Greenwich" after police carried out a controlled explosion on the ... «The Wharf, Jun 15»
10
What's on TV Tuesday
“As a piece of sentimental fiction, 'The Mudlark' is quite a tale,” produced in “the richest sort of port-and-mutton style,” Bosley Crowther of The ... «New York Times, Apr 15»

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