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Webster 1913 Edition


Muckworm

Muck′wormˊ

(mŭk′wûrmˊ)
,
Noun.
1.
(Zool.)
A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; – applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles.
2.
One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser.
“Misers are muckworms.”
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Muckworm

MUCK'WORM

,
Noun.
A worm that lives in muck.
1.
A miser; one who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices.