Etymology

mucker

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Today it means: A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable. Full definition →

German Mucker
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mucker · noun, verb1

By surface analysis, muck + -er. Compare Swedish mokare/mockare (“one who cleans dung”, agent noun) → rörmokare/rörmockare (“plumber”, literally “pipe mucker”). Compare the military sense to Finnish mokkeri (“private”, colloquial), to Swedish mocka (“to clean muck”); and Swedish mecka/meka (“to repair or improve (mechanical) equipment”), to meckaniker (“mechanic”); also Swedish mucka (“to complete military service”), from Tavringer Romani mucka (“to be released”). The military sense might also derive from a slur, a common practice in military lingo.

Mucker · noun2

  1. German · borrowed fromMucker“grumbler”
  2. English todayMucker

From German Mucker (“grumbler”).

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