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Mucket vs Mucker - What's the difference?

mucket | mucker |

As nouns the difference between mucket and mucker

is that mucket is any of various species of mussels, especially those in the genus while mucker is (uk|slang|southern) friend.

As a verb mucker is

(obsolete|transitive) to scrape together (money, etc) by mean labour or shifts.

mucket

English

(wikipedia mucket)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various species of mussels, especially those in the genus.
  • * {{quote-news, year=1992, date=November 6, author=Peter Friederici, title=Lonely at the Bottom, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Of those, a few made up the lion's share of trade, among them the yellow sandshell, the black sandshell, the pocketbook, and the mucket . }}

    mucker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, slang, southern) friend
    • Fancy a pint, me old mucker ?
  • (slang, Northern Ireland) friend or acquaintance
    • How's about ye mucker ? = How are you?
  • A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.
  • (archaic, derogatory) A low or vulgar labourer.

    • Usage notes

    * Mucker , in the friendly senses, is used almost exclusively by a man to another man.

    Synonyms

    * (friend) See

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To scrape together (money, etc.) by mean labour or shifts.
    • (Udall)
    (Webster 1913)