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mucker Mining 
1 n. Mining a person who removes muck (def. 1 or 2).
See also: muck (def. 1 or 2) mud-rat
- 1900 . . . the muckers, ore sorters, rawhiders, four-horse teamsters, office men are all hard at work.
- 1960 Harry was a mucker from a gold-mine at Wells with a disinclination to stay underground when the grass was green.
2 n. Hardrock Mining a mechanical shovel for removing muck (def. 2).
See also: muck (def. 2) mucking-machine
- 1956 The mucker was hoisted clear of the bottom timber by 10 feet, to where it might normally have been anchored, when it suddenly fell down the 32 feet to the bottom.
- 1900 . . . the muckers, ore sorters, rawhiders, four-horse teamsters, office men are all hard at work.