Middle English Dictionary Entry
huk-muck n.
Entry Info
Forms | huk-muck n. |
Etymology | Cp. MnE dial. (S & SW) huck-muck. Prob. a riming cpd. based on the second element (cp. muk dirt). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Some kind of device for removing dirt or impurities.
Associated quotations
- (1472) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 4108 : For iiij hukmuckes, vj d.