Muckworm
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A larva living in mud or manure.
- 2 Someone who gathers wealth through overwork of employees and sordid means; a miser.
"Here you a muckworm of the town might see, / At his dull desk, amid his legers stall'd, / Eat up with carking care and penurie; / Most like to carcase parch'd on gallows-tree."
Synonyms
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More examples"Here you a muckworm of the town might see, / At his dull desk, amid his legers stall'd, / Eat up with carking care and penurie; / Most like to carcase parch'd on gallows-tree."
Etymology
From muck + worm.