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mawk.

A maggot.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɔːk/

  1. A maggot.

  2. A slattern.

    UK · dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English mawke, moke, a contraction of mathek, maddok, from Old Norse maðkr (“maggot”), a diminutive of a base from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“worm”) (compare Old English maþa), from Proto-Indo-European *mat-, *mot- used in reference to insects and vermin. Cognate with Danish maddike, Swedish mask, archaic English maddock (modern maggot).

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