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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1647-1648
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(Muk-,) Muckrell, -reill, n. [f. Muk n. 1 or v., with suffix -rel, ? as in gangrel, mangrel, taidrel, etc.] One who works with dung or filth, a dung-man. = Mukdryv'ster n. —?a1648 Polemo-Middinia (1684) Title.
De storia memorabili fechtæ … quae fuit inter muckreillios & horsboyos atque ladæos, &c. ?a1648 Polemo-Middinia 24.
Muckrellium ingentem turbam
