moudiewark

plural moudiewarks

1. ScotlandalternativeAlternative form of moudiewart.

   The moudiewark has done me ill, And below my apron has biggit a hill; I maun consult some learned clark, About this wanton moudiewark.

   1799, Robert Burns, The Merry Muses of Caledonia

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   John MacDonald has bagged nearly a quarter of a million moudiewarks in his time, which can't leave much time for playing the Melodeon.

   1976, Hi-fi News & Record Review - Volume 21, Issues 1-6, page 121

   Of course other creatures besides the horse have been used as a symbol of the male organ. A very popular one in Scotland has been the moudiewark or mole, a burrowing creature that creates hummocks in the ground.

   1999, Sheila Douglas, “Maidenheids and Moudiewarks: Scotland and the Bawdy Song Tradition”, in Studies in Scottish Literature, volume 31, number 1