1. mudlark - Noun
2. mudlark - Verb
(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.
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