Mullock
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mullock is a noun meaning (now UK dialect) Rubbish, waste matter.
Meaning
(now UK dialect) Rubbish, waste matter.
More Meanings
- (Australia, New Zealand, mining) Mining waste or ore processing waste:
- Nonsense, rubbish.
- (UK, Yorkshire, dialect) A mess; the result of a blunder.
- (transitive, mining) To clear waste material out of a mine.
Example Sentences
For when they saw awr Mary, / They made a mullock on it, / For they thowt 'at all them flaars / Had been put on Mary's bonnet.
This attitude she never varied; but the face that was ordinarily so expressionless worked at times with strange emotions as she unfolded her story, and once or twice her voice needed clearing. "I made a mullock of it, you see," she explained.
Word Forms
- mullocks
- mullocking
- mullocked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mull, sculsh, muckmidden, muck, garble, rubbage.
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