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mucking contest 
n. a contest in which miners compete in shovelling a measured quantity of broken rock (usually a ton) into a mine car in the shortest time.
See also: muck (def. 2).
- 1958 Races, horseshoe pitching, a mucking contest, a ball game and many other side-shows [took place].
- 1958 Races, horseshoe pitching, a mucking contest, a ball game and many other side-shows [took place].