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Mud lark

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mud⋅lark

[muhd-lahrk]
–noun
1. Chiefly British. a person who gains a livelihood by searching for iron, coal, old ropes, etc., in mud or low tide.
2. Chiefly British Informal. a street urchin.
3. either of two black and white birds, Grallina cyanoleuca, of Australia, or G. bruijni, of New Guinea, that builds a large, mud nest.
–verb (used without object)
4. to grub or play in mud.

Origin:
1790–1800; mud + lark 1
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