Mawky vs Macky - What's the difference?
mawky | macky |
(Northern England, Appalachia) maggoty, full of maggots.
* 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.130:
(UK, Bristol, slang) Large.
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As adjectives the difference between mawky and macky
is that mawky is (northern england|appalachia) maggoty, full of maggots while macky is (uk|bristol|slang) large.mawky
English
Adjective
(er)- What deity in the realms of dementia, what rabid god decocted out of the smoking lobes of hydrophobia could have devised a keeping place for souls so poor as this flesh. This mawky wormbent tabernacle.
macky
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Why is it such a special city? - Great people, a gert lush accent, and the city has great scenery with a gert macky Clifton Suspension Bridge.