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"muckender" Definition

  1. or MUCKENGER, a pocket-handkerchief.—_Old._ _Cf._ SNOTTINGER. The original name of the “Neckinger” in Bermondsey was “the Devil’s Neck-handkerchief.” There is still a Neckinger Road and Messrs. Bevington and Sons’ tannery in Bermondsey bears the name of the Neckinger Mills.

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Position in the dictionary: 2253 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: mucker, mud-crusher, mud-lark, mud-student, mudfog, muff, muffin-cap, muffin-face, muffin-worry, mufti
Previous words in the dictionary: muck-snipe, muck-out, muck, much of a muchness, mrs. jones, mrs. harris, mrs. grundy, mrs. gamp, move, mouthpiece

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