English Dictionary

mudlark

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmʌdlɑːk/

名詞

古語 俗語 歴史的 イギリス英語 地域限定 オーストラリア英語

(slang, now rare) A pig; pork. / (now rare, chiefly historical) One who scavenges in river or harbor mud for items of value, especially in London.

日本語の意味

（俗語、現在は珍しい用法）「豚」または「豚肉」を指す / （歴史的な用法、現代では稀）川や港の泥の中から価値ある品物を探し出す人

At the county fair they pointed and laughed at the mudlark wallowing in the mud.

郡の祭りで、彼らは泥の中で転げ回る豚を指さして笑った。

意味（1）

(slang, now rare) A pig; pork.

意味（2）

(now rare, chiefly historical) One who scavenges in river or harbor mud for items of value, especially in London.

Besides these, there were the mudlark and the scupple hunter: the former prowling about at low water, receiving in his small bag such petty packages as he could get from his dishonest friends on board; and the later sneaking about the wharves and quays, under the pretense of wanting work, to pick up everything and anything that came to hand.

意味（3）

A child who plays in the mud; a child that spends most of its time in the streets, a street urchin.

the children were nothing like inert: a large population of junior mudlarks, so long unwashed that you could hardly make them out, climbed among the ruins, cheerfully playing the games that all children play – pushing wheels with sticks, flipping rusty lids and bottle caps in makeshift tiddlywinks.

意味（4）

(slang) A soldier of the Royal Engineers.

意味（5）

(UK, regional) Any of various birds that are found in muddy places or build their nests with mud, especially Anthus petrosus and Alauda arvensis.

意味（6）

(Australia) The Grallina cyanoleuca that builds its nest with mud into a bowl-like shape.

意味（7）

A racehorse that performs well on muddy or wet tracks.

mudlarks （ plural ）