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  • 91muck-raker — muckˈ raker noun • • • Main Entry: ↑muck …

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  • 92muck-raking — muckˈ raking noun • • • Main Entry: ↑muck …

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  • 93muck|rake — «MUHK RAYK», verb, raked, rak|ing, noun. –v.i. to hunt for and expose corruption, especially in big business, government bureaus, or prominent individuals. –n. a rake for scraping and piling muck or dung: »The men with the muckrakes are often… …

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  • 94muck|worm — «MUHK WURM», noun. 1. a worm, larva, or grub living in muck or manure. 2. Figurative. a miser …

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  • 95muck car — muck car, a vehicle like a cart used to carry away earth, rock, or detritus during mining or the excavation for a tunnel, foundation, or other construction …

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  • 96muck|luck — «MUHK luhk», noun. 1. a high, soft, waterproof, fur lined sealskin boot worn by Eskimos and others in arctic regions. 2. a knitted wool sock, reaching the calf, to which a soft leather sole is stitched; slipper sock. Also, mucluc, mukluk.… …

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  • 97muck|rak|er — «MUHK RAY kuhr», noun. a person, especially a journalist, who muckrakes. The name “muckrakers” was originally given to a group of American journalists and novelists of the early 1900 s noted for exposing social and political evils. »Lincoln… …

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  • 98muck|rak|ing — «MUHK RAY kihng», noun. the writings of muckrakers to expose social and political evils, especially in the early 1900 s …

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  • 99muck about with something — ˌmuck aˈbout/aˈround with sth derived (BrE, informal, disapproving) to do sth, especially to a machine, so that it does not work correctly Syn: ↑mess about …

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  • 100muck around with something — ˌmuck aˈbout/aˈround with sth derived (BrE, informal, disapproving) to do sth, especially to a machine, so that it does not work correctly Syn: ↑mess about …

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