Lexicographical Neighbors of Mudging
Literary usage of Mudging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Thus a corn-mudging man was one who withheld com, and the word was, from the first,
... ie corn- mudging, signifying 'corn-hoarding' or'corn-withholding. ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"The boiler was, in consequence, awake, and hissing from the mast-head ; but, as
the Chief said, " there was not another mother's son mudging in the ..."
3. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"... ie corn-mudging, = corn- hoarding or corn-withholding. Hence a niggardly,
grasping fellow (Skeat). Currach. ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Thus a corn-mudging man was one who withheld com, and the word was, from the first,
... ie corn- mudging, signifying 'corn-hoarding' or'corn-withholding. ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"The boiler was, in consequence, awake, and hissing from the mast-head ; but, as
the Chief said, " there was not another mother's son mudging in the ..."
6. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"... ie corn-mudging, = corn- hoarding or corn-withholding. Hence a niggardly,
grasping fellow (Skeat). Currach. ..."
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