mudlark

Meanings

Noun

• A pig; pork.
• One who scavenges in river or harbor mud for items of value, especially in London.
• A child who plays in the mud; a child that spends most of its time in the streets, a street urchin.
• A soldier of the Royal Engineers.
• Any of various birds that are found in muddy places or build their nests with mud, especially Anthus petrosus and Alauda arvensis.
• The Grallina cyanoleuca that builds its nest with mud into a bowl-like shape.
• A racehorse that performs well on muddy or wet tracks.

Verb

• To scavenge in river or harbor mud for items of value.

Origin

• From mud + lark.