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mullock, n.|ˈmʌlək|
Forms: 4 mulloc, -ok(e, 6–7 mullocke, 7 mollocke, 8 mollock, 7– mullock.
[f. mull n.1 + -ock.]
1. a. Rubbish, refuse matter. Now only dial.
c1386Chaucer Reeve's Prol. 19 That ilke fruyt [sc. the medlar] is euer leng the wers Til it be roten in Mullok or in stree. 1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions i. vi. F vij, The Ethiopians..gather together..a great deale of rubbeshe and mullocke..apte for firyng. 1570Levins Manip. 158/43 Mullocke, puluis. 1601Holland Pliny II. 17 It cannot abide rank mucke, but contenteth itselfe with rotten chaffe or pugs, and such like plain mullock. 1624Nottingham Rec. (1889) IV. 389 For layinge his mullocke and ashes short of the place appoynted..vj d. 1735–6Pegge Kenticisms (E.D.S.) s.v., In Glouc., mould under a faggot-stack is call'd mollock, from its wetness or dampness. 1879G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Mullock, dirt; rubbish, as of the refuse of masons' work, gardeners' sweepings, &c.
2. a. Austral. Rock which does not contain gold; also the refuse from which gold has been extracted.
1864J. Rogers New Rush ii. 26 A man each windlass-handle working slow Raises the mullock from his mate below. 1885Mrs. C. Praed Head Station 79 Here and there great heaps of earth and mullock..indicated the whereabouts of a claim. 1895Daily News 19 Feb. 2/1 About 80 ft. and parallel with the main reef is a lode of reef formation divided by bands of mullock, the bands of stone varying from 10 in. to over 2 ft. wide.
b. transf. Applied to a person.
1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right iv. 39 Some of the swells here..are the biggest rapscallions out, instead of setting a good example to us poor ignorant lower-class mullocks.
c. fig. Worthless information, nonsense. Austral. and N.Z.
1866R. Burgess Autobiogr. (typescript) 127 He said, No b....y fear. I should know it was a lot of mullock they were telling for you are not like this Jew. 1911Triad XVIII. 41 We have a lot of trash and maudlin mullock in these days. 1934Bulletin (Sydney) 20 June 47/1 ‘Cooney,’ I said, ‘it is madness to present such mullock to an intellectual audience.’
d. to poke mullock (at): to deride, ridicule, make fun of. Austral.
1916C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke 126 Mullock, to poke—to deride, to tease. 1916― Moods of Ginger Mick 74, I own me eyes git brighter When I see 'em pokin' mullock at the everlastin' sea. 1931V. Palmer Separate Lives 210 D'you think I'm going to sit in that galley with Curran and the other blokes all poking mullock at me? 1942G. Casey It's Harder for Girls 153 The chaps poked mullock at me, but it wasn't that that hurt. 1945Baker Austral. Lang. v. 94 To poke mullock (also muck) at, an extension of poke borak at, to make fun of a person. 1957R. Lawler Summer of 17th Doll 71 Oh, so that's what you got me in for, is it—to poke mullock. 1962J. Morrison Twenty-Three 86, I heard what you said when you grabbed that rope. Poking mullock at us because we won't go out over an empty hatch.
Hence ˈmullocky a., of the nature of mullock. Also ˈmullock v. trans., to litter (a place), to make slovenly; to do (something) in a slovenly way. Const. with up, over. (Sc., dial., and Austral.)
1862Otago Daily Times 9 July 5 Whether the flat will pay to resluice at present, from its being so much worked and ‘mullocked’ and also rather deep, is doubtful. 1893Age (Melbourne) 23 Sept. 14/4 No man could shear 321 sheep in eight hours, although I will admit he might do what we shearers call ‘mullock over’ that number. 1897Daily News 14 Dec. 2/1 In sinking the shaft ‘mullocky lode stuff’ was passed through. 1945Baker Austral. Lang. 94 To mullock over, to work shoddily. 1965J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry ii. 5 Mullock over, to rush the work quickly and carelessly, thus turning out badly shorn sheep. |