MAWKS

Noun

mawks

plural of mawk

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Noun

mawks (plural mawkses)

(UK, dialect) A slattern; a mawk.

Source: Wiktionary


Mawks, n.

Definition: A slattern; a mawk. [Prov. Eng.]

MAWK

Mawk, n. Etym: [OE. mauk, ma, Icel. ma; akin to Dan. maddik, and E. mad an earthworm. See Mad, n.]

1. A maggot. [Scot.]

2. A slattern; a mawks. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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