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mudlark

(ˈmʌdˌlɑːk)
n
1. slang rare a street urchin
2. (formerly) one who made a living by picking up odds and ends in the mud of tidal rivers
3. (Horse Racing) slang Austral a racehorse that runs well on a wet or muddy course
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mudlark

[ˈmʌdlɑːk] Ngalopín m
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So, unwieldy young dredgers and hulking mudlarks were referred to the experiences of Thomas Twopence, who, having resolved not to rob (under circumstances of uncommon atrocity) his particular friend and benefactor, of eighteenpence, presently came into supernatural possession of three and sixpence, and lived a shining light ever afterwards.
Redcar restarted the game after half-time and although they continued to take the play to Horden, the ground cut up more and reduced both teams to mudlarks. This was never going to be a game for the spectators, more a slog and arm-wrestle between two evenly matched sides.
It's not just about growing veg at Mudlarks, it's about growing confidence and self-esteem.
Who were known as the mudlarks in the 19th century social history work Mayhew's London?
A GROUP of business people turned mudlarks to raise hundreds of pounds for charity.
Members of the Mudlarks Society hunt for items on the UK's River Thames foreshore that may have changed the course of history.
PETE LAVERIE hailed the Ayr mudlarks who kept his team top of the Premiership for Christmas - but he made it clear they are not yet the finished article.
After receiving a stern telling off from the mudlarks around him, the police were called to evacuate the area and dispose of the weapon safely.
The ground has changed so much over the past week we are writing off the chances of mudlarks rather than the top of the ground horses.
Behind come the mudlarks, children mainly, snatching from the ooze what
THE ashes of Joe Archer, 88, one of the famous Mersey "mudlarks" dredgermen were scattered from the Mersey ferry Royal Daffodil, in the presence of five generations of his family, last week.