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muckrake

[ muhk-reyk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, muck·raked, muck·rak·ing.

to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.

muckrake

/ ˈmʌkˌreɪk /

First recorded in 1675–85; obsolete muck rake “a rake for piling up muck or dung.” The modern sense was first recorded in 1850–55. See muck, rake ¹

Of Walt Whitman it is: "The dirty, clumsy paws of a harper whose plectrum is a muckrake."

The journalist might well exchange the muckrake for the pick and dig it out.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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