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mucky, a.
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DRAFT REVISION Mar. 2003
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6. mucky pup colloq., a (habitually) messy or dirty child or (
humorously) adult.
1984 P. B
EALE Partridge's Dict. Slang (ed. 8) 762/2
Mucky pup, a term of disapproval or dismay at a particularly dirty or untidy child.
1988 M. G
EE Grace v. 77 She said I was the muckiest pup in the place, and I end up working as a hotel cleaner.
1998 Evening Chron. (
Newcastle
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(Nexis) 20 Feb. 8 Its foamy formula stripped chocolate, ink, oil, grease and ingrained grime from the back
seat
I didn't realise I was such a mucky pup.
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