mullocker

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noun

A worker who clears waste material from a mine.

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Meanings

nounmullocker (plural mullockers)

plural mullockers

  1. New ZealandbusinessA worker who clears waste material from a mine.

    This clause shall be satisfied as to such of the employees as are contract miners, or fillers, or truckers, or mullockers, by adding 1s. to the amount which they are to be respectively set to earn.

    1920, The New South Wales Industrial Gazette, volume 17, page 106

Origin

From mullock + -er.

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“mullocker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mullocker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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