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muddler|ˈmʌd(ə)lə(r)|
[f. muddle v. + -er1.]
1. a. One who muddles.
1885L'pool Daily Post 27 Mar. 4/7 The assumption that those who are not contented to till the narrow barren fields of non-resistance are..inconsistent muddlers. 1903Contemp. Rev. May 610 One Unionist candidate is reduced to the plea that the other side will be ‘greater muddlers’.
b. Comb., as muddler-through, one who conducts affairs without system or foresight (see muddle v. 6 b).
1930New Statesman 1 Nov. 110/2 That is my complaint against the peace-lovers, the muddlers-through. 1945G. Millar Maquis iv. 66, I am a muddler-through if ever there was one.
2. (See quots.)
1880W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 70 Mudler, a small metal stamper, used in public houses to crush the lumps of sugar in punch. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl., Muddler, a churning stick for chocolate. A smaller one for mixing toddies. 1955M. McCarthy Charmed Life (1965) 24 She did them [sc. Old-Fashioneds]..in their best glasses..putting in a silver muddler. 1971Scope (S. Afr.) 19 Mar. 77/4 A ‘muddler’—for crushing lump sugar and mixing it with bitters or other flavourings in the bottom of a glass. |