mudlark (plural mudlarks)
(slang, now, rare) A pig; pork. [from 18th c.]
(now, rare, chiefly, historical) One who scavenges in river or harbor mud for items of value, especially in London. [from 18th c.]
A child who plays in the mud; a child that spends most of its time in the streets, a street urchin. [from 19th c.]
(slang) A soldier of the Royal Engineers. [from 19th c.]
(UK, regional) Any of various birds that are found in muddy places or build their nests with mud, especially Anthus petrosus and Alauda arvensis. [from 19th c.]
(AU) The Grallina cyanoleuca that builds its nest with mud into a bowl-like shape. [from 19th c.]
A racehorse that performs well on muddy or wet tracks. [from 20th c.]
Synonym: mudder
mudlark (third-person singular simple present mudlarks, present participle mudlarking, simple past and past participle mudlarked)
(intransitive) To scavenge in river or harbor mud for items of value.
Source: Wiktionary
4 May 2025
(adjective) (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; “a sharp photographic image”; “the sharp crack of a twig”; “the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
