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mudlark

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1. mudlark - Noun

2. mudlark - Verb

Meaning

(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.]

(Australia) 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.

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Modern social media and virtual world productions In April and May 2010 the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Mudlark Production Company presented a version of the play, entitled Such Tweet Sorrow, as an improvised, real-time series of tweets on Twitter. Source: Internet

The production used RSC actors who engaged with the audience as well each other, performing not from a traditional script but a "Grid" developed by the Mudlark production team and writers Tim Wright and Bethan Marlow. Source: Internet

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