mullockn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌlək/, U.S.

/ˈmələk/

Forms: Middle English mollok, Middle English molloke, Middle English mowok (probably transmission error), Middle English mullok, Middle English mulloke, 1500s–1600s mullocke, 1600s mollocke, 1600s– mullock, 1700s mollock; English regional 1800s– mollock (western), 1800s– mulloch, 1800s– mullok, 1900s– mulluck, 1900s– mulluk, 1900s– muluk; also Scottish 1800s malloch, 1800s molloch, 1900s– mollach, 1900s– mulloch.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mull n.¹, -ock suffix.

Etymology: < mull n.¹ + -ock suffix.Apparently attested earlier as a surname, Jordanus Mulloc (1199), although if so this considerably antedates the earliest attestation of mull n.¹

1. Refuse matter, rubbish. Now British regional.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun]

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tippings-

c1390 G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale 3873 That ilke fruyt is euer lenger the wers, Til it be roten in mullok [v.rr. Mollok, molloke] or in stree.

1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. vi. F vij The Ethiopians..gather together..a great deale of rubbeshe and mullocke..apte for firyng.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Nii^v/2 Mullocke, puluis.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 17 It cannot abide rank mucke, but contenteth itselfe with rotten chaffe or pugs, and such like plain mullock.

1624 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 389 For layinge his mullocke and ashes short of the place appoynted..vj d.

c1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (1876) (at cited word) In Glouc., mould under a faggot-stack is call'd mollock, from its wetness or dampness.

1877 R. D. Blackmore in Harper's Mag. Aug. 383/2 The ‘mullock’, as he called it, from his hands, and from the bed where it had lain so long,..crusted the little thing which he gave me.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Mullock, dirt; rubbish, as of the refuse of masons' work, gardeners' sweepings, &c.

1895 H. Ochiltree Redburn i In the peat-neuk, half a cart load at least of peat-malloch lies baked and dry looking.

1977 A. Marshall Compl. Stories 369 The track..took a steep sweep upwards across the face of a huge mound of mullock.

2. Originally and chiefly Australian and New Zealand.

a. Rock which does not contain gold. Also: the refuse from which gold, etc., has been extracted.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [noun] > source rock > non-source

mullock1855

reef1869

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [noun] > gold > refuse from which gold has been extracted

mullock1855

1855 R. Carboni Eureka Stockade 13 Crossing the holes, up to the knees in mullock, and loaded like a dromedary.

1864 J. Rogers New Rush ii. 26 A man each windlass-handle working slow Raises the mullock from his mate below.

1885 R. C. Praed Head Station 79 Here and there great heaps of earth and mullock..indicated the whereabouts of a claim.

1895 Daily News 19 Feb. 2/1 About 80 ft. and parallel with the main reef is a lode of reef formation divided by bands of mullock, the bands of stone varying from 10 in. to over 2 ft. wide.

1928 R. M. Macdonald Opals & Gold 29 Sufficient space has been dug out and the ‘mullock’ hauled to the surface.

1965 H. P. Tritton Time means Tucker vi. 74 Many ‘new chum’ miners did not know the washdirt when they came to it and hauled it to the top and dumped it with the mullock.

1979 Ecos 22 22/3 Have you ever heard of mullock? It's waste rock from mining operations.

1999 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 Jan. 9 One of Australia's great mining centres, its outskirts decorated with monumental heaps of mullock (slag).

b. figurative. Worthless information, nonsense; rubbish.

ΚΠ

1866 R. Burgess Autobiogr. (typescript) 127 He said, No b——y fear. I should know it was a lot of mullock they were telling for you are not like this Jew.

1911 Triad 18 41 We have a lot of trash and maudlin mullock in these days.

1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 20 June 47/1 ‘Cooney,’ I said, ‘it is madness to present such mullock to an intellectual audience.’

1965 H. Porter Cats of Venice 139 What mullock has been unloaded on us this fair morn?

1998 Financial Times (Electronic ed.) 14 July Could you..really find sufficient material of a high enough quality to fill the viewing hours which, it seems, are occupied at present..by Neighbours, Fantasy Football, Don't Try This At Home and similar mullock.

c. derogatory. A worthless or foolish person.

ΚΠ

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right I. iv. 98 Some of the swells here..are the biggest rapscallions out, instead of setting a good example to us poor ignorant lower-class mullocks.

1998 Men's Health (Electronic ed.) 1 Apr. 70 I once had a balding, red-haired friend who became addicted to the comb-over. When hit by a gust of wind, the poor mullock looked as if he were being humped by a sex-starved squirrel.

d. to poke mullock at: to deride, ridicule, make fun of (a person, etc.). Also to poke mullock.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (transitive)]

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laughOE

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to make (a) mock at?a1500

to make mocks at?a1500

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to toy with ——1549–62

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to make an ass of (someone)1680

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to run one's rig upon1735

fun1811

to get the run upon1843

play1891

to poke mullock at1901

razz1918

flaunt1923

to get (or give) the razoo1926

to bust (a person's) chops1953

wolf1966

pimp1968

1901 Bulletin (Sydney) 27 July (caption) 15/2 I'll 'low no one ter poke mullock at my 'ouse.

1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 126 Mullock, to poke, to deride, to tease.

1916 C. J. Dennis Moods of Ginger Mick 74 I own me eyes git brighter When I see 'em pokin' mullock at the everlastin' sea.

1931 V. Palmer Separate Lives 210 D'you think I'm going to sit in that galley with Curran and the other blokes all poking mullock at me?

1942 G. Casey It's Harder for Girls 153 The chaps poked mullock at me, but it wasn't that that hurt.

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. v. 94 To poke mullock (also muck) at, an extension of poke borak at, to make fun of a person.

1957 R. Lawler Summer of 17th Doll 71 Oh, so that's what you got me in for, is it—to poke mullock.

1962 J. Morrison Twenty-three 86 I heard what you said when you grabbed that rope. Poking mullock at us because we won't go out over an empty hatch.

1981 D. Stuart I think I'll Live 163 You're no Mister bloody Australia y'self..so don't poke mullock at anyone for being a bit skinny.

Compounds

C1. (In sense 2a.)

mullock dump n.

ΚΠ

1925 Smith's Weekly (Sydney) 10 Jan. 23/7 Not all the mullock and gravel dumps marking the deserted mines in Victoria..have been put to practical use.

1985 Austral. Financial Rev. 12 Aug. 52/4 The treatment of tailings and mullock dumps..in the Northern Territory.

mullock heap n.

ΚΠ

1859 Colonial Mining Jrnl. Feb. 88/3 It would be well always to prospect its value before it is thrown away in the mullock heap.

1935 L. Mann Human Drift viii. 63 Here and there were little clearings around the yellow reddish mullock heaps of deserted holes.

1983 Overlander June 40 The Aborigines ‘noodle’ or fossick the mullock heaps..with infinite patience.

1999 J. Gallas Resistance is Futile 19 Mullock heaps; cut races; dams and sluices; splashdown creeks.

C2.

mullock reef n. Australian and New Zealand (now historical) an area of rock with a high proportion of mullock but yielding some gold or minerals.

ΚΠ

1865 Reps. Mining Surveyors & Registrars (Victoria) June 37 A good mullock reef, 4 to 5 feet thick. Good prospects can be washed from this reef.

1875 App. Jrnls. House of Representatives N.Z. (5th Sess. 5th Parl.) II. H.–3. 29 The reefs of the Carrick Range..are peculiar clayey ferruginous ‘mullock reefs’ or rather ‘quartz-mullock reefs’.

1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. iii. 20/2 Mullock reef, a number of leaders traversing the mullock; collectively these may be worth working.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mullockv.

Brit.

/ˈmʌlək/, U.S.

/ˈmələk/

Forms: 1800s– mullock, 1900s– mollock; English regional 1800s– mollock (chiefly western), 1800s– molluck (chiefly western), 1900s– mullak, 1900s– mulloch.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mullock n.

Etymology: < mullock n.

1. intransitive. Originally English regional. To be in the way; to idle, to loiter or trail around aimlessly.

ΚΠ

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 39 How the things lie mullocking about.

1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 363 What's tuh mullocking thear at?

1958 T. H. White Once & Future King (1967) i. 23 Always mollocking about after that beastly beast.

2001 Irish Times (Electronic ed.) 17 Feb. He is quite content just to mullock along, unencumbered by any emotion that does not involve his belly or adjacent areas.

2. transitive. Australian, New Zealand, and English regional. To make (a thing) dirty; to block or litter (a place), esp. with mining refuse. Usually with up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty [verb (transitive)]

uncleanseOE

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > pollute the environment [verb (transitive)] > cover with litter

belitter1678

mullock1861

1861 N.Z. Goldfields 1861 (1976) 4 Oct. 36 It is very probable that many portions of Gabriel's Gully will pay for reworking, for the place has been terribly ‘mullocked’ by the original workers.

1862 Otago Daily Times (N.Z.) 9 July 5 Whether the flat will pay to resluice at present, from its being so much worked and ‘mullocked’ and also rather deep, is doubtful.

1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 86/2 My clothes are as good as new yet; they are none..mullocked a bit.

a1903 W. C. Boulter in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 198/1 [Worcestershire] House was all mullocked up.

1940 I. L. Idriess Lightning Ridge 96 The owners had found their drives mullocked up, broken opal everywhere.

1977 J. Doughty Gold in Blood 243 In stoping to the surface on both ends we had mullocked up the shaft.

3. transitive. Australian. With up, over. To shear (a sheep) roughly and carelessly. Also intransitive: to do something in a slovenly way.

ΚΠ

1893 Age (Melbourne) 23 Sept. 14/4 No man could shear 321 sheep in eight hours, although I will admit he might do what we shearers call ‘mullock over’ that number.

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. 94 To mullock over, to work shoddily.

1965 J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry ii. 5 Mullock over, to rush the work quickly and carelessly, thus turning out badly shorn sheep.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mullock
释义	mullockn. Brit. /ˈmʌlək/, U.S. /ˈmələk/ Forms: Middle English mollok, Middle English molloke, Middle English mowok (probably transmission error), Middle English mullok, Middle English mulloke, 1500s–1600s mullocke, 1600s mollocke, 1600s– mullock, 1700s mollock; English regional 1800s– mollock (western), 1800s– mulloch, 1800s– mullok, 1900s– mulluck, 1900s– mulluk, 1900s– muluk; also Scottish 1800s malloch, 1800s molloch, 1900s– mollach, 1900s– mulloch. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mull n.¹, -ock suffix. Etymology: < mull n.¹ + -ock suffix.Apparently attested earlier as a surname, Jordanus Mulloc (1199), although if so this considerably antedates the earliest attestation of mull n.¹ 1. Refuse matter, rubbish. Now British regional. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] wrakea1350 outcastingc1350 rammel1370 rubble1376 mullockc1390 refusec1390 filtha1398 outcasta1398 chaff?a1400 rubbishc1400 wastec1430 drossc1440 raff?1440 rascal1440 murgeonc1450 wrack1472 gear1489 garblec1503 scowl1538 raffle1543 baggage1549 garbage1549 peltry1550 gubbins?1553 lastage1553 scruff1559 retraict1575 ross1577 riddings1584 ket1586 scouring1588 pelf1589 offal1598 rummage1598 dog's meat1606 retriment1615 spitling1620 recrement1622 mundungus1637 sordes1640 muskings1649 rejectament1654 offscouring1655 brat1656 relicts1687 offage1727 litter1730 rejectamenta1795 outwale1825 detritus1834 junk1836 wastements1843 croke1847–78 sculch1847 debris1851 rumble1854 flotsam1861 jetsam1861 pelt1880 offcasting1893 rubbishry1894 littering1897 muckings1898 wastage1898 dreck1905 bruck1929 crap1934 garbo1953 clobber1965 dooky1965 grot1971 tippings- c1390 G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale 3873 That ilke fruyt is euer lenger the wers, Til it be roten in mullok [v.rr. Mollok, molloke] or in stree. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. vi. F vij The Ethiopians..gather together..a great deale of rubbeshe and mullocke..apte for firyng. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Nii^v/2 Mullocke, puluis. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 17 It cannot abide rank mucke, but contenteth itselfe with rotten chaffe or pugs, and such like plain mullock. 1624 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 389 For layinge his mullocke and ashes short of the place appoynted..vj d. c1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (1876) (at cited word) In Glouc., mould under a faggot-stack is call'd mollock, from its wetness or dampness. 1877 R. D. Blackmore in Harper's Mag. Aug. 383/2 The ‘mullock’, as he called it, from his hands, and from the bed where it had lain so long,..crusted the little thing which he gave me. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Mullock, dirt; rubbish, as of the refuse of masons' work, gardeners' sweepings, &c. 1895 H. Ochiltree Redburn i In the peat-neuk, half a cart load at least of peat-malloch lies baked and dry looking. 1977 A. Marshall Compl. Stories 369 The track..took a steep sweep upwards across the face of a huge mound of mullock. 2. Originally and chiefly Australian and New Zealand. a. Rock which does not contain gold. Also: the refuse from which gold, etc., has been extracted. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [noun] > source rock > non-source mullock1855 reef1869 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [noun] > gold > refuse from which gold has been extracted mullock1855 1855 R. Carboni Eureka Stockade 13 Crossing the holes, up to the knees in mullock, and loaded like a dromedary. 1864 J. Rogers New Rush ii. 26 A man each windlass-handle working slow Raises the mullock from his mate below. 1885 R. C. Praed Head Station 79 Here and there great heaps of earth and mullock..indicated the whereabouts of a claim. 1895 Daily News 19 Feb. 2/1 About 80 ft. and parallel with the main reef is a lode of reef formation divided by bands of mullock, the bands of stone varying from 10 in. to over 2 ft. wide. 1928 R. M. Macdonald Opals & Gold 29 Sufficient space has been dug out and the ‘mullock’ hauled to the surface. 1965 H. P. Tritton Time means Tucker vi. 74 Many ‘new chum’ miners did not know the washdirt when they came to it and hauled it to the top and dumped it with the mullock. 1979 Ecos 22 22/3 Have you ever heard of mullock? It's waste rock from mining operations. 1999 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 Jan. 9 One of Australia's great mining centres, its outskirts decorated with monumental heaps of mullock (slag). b. figurative. Worthless information, nonsense; rubbish. ΚΠ 1866 R. Burgess Autobiogr. (typescript) 127 He said, No b——y fear. I should know it was a lot of mullock they were telling for you are not like this Jew. 1911 Triad 18 41 We have a lot of trash and maudlin mullock in these days. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 20 June 47/1 ‘Cooney,’ I said, ‘it is madness to present such mullock to an intellectual audience.’ 1965 H. Porter Cats of Venice 139 What mullock has been unloaded on us this fair morn? 1998 Financial Times (Electronic ed.) 14 July Could you..really find sufficient material of a high enough quality to fill the viewing hours which, it seems, are occupied at present..by Neighbours, Fantasy Football, Don't Try This At Home and similar mullock. c. derogatory. A worthless or foolish person. ΚΠ 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right I. iv. 98 Some of the swells here..are the biggest rapscallions out, instead of setting a good example to us poor ignorant lower-class mullocks. 1998 Men's Health (Electronic ed.) 1 Apr. 70 I once had a balding, red-haired friend who became addicted to the comb-over. When hit by a gust of wind, the poor mullock looked as if he were being humped by a sex-starved squirrel. d. to poke mullock at: to deride, ridicule, make fun of (a person, etc.). Also to poke mullock. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (transitive)] teleeOE laughOE bismerc1000 heascenc1000 hethec1175 scornc1175 hokera1225 betell?c1225 scorn?c1225 forhushc1275 to make scorn at, toc1320 boba1382 bemow1388 lakea1400 bobby14.. triflea1450 japec1450 mock?c1450 mowc1485 to make (a) mock at?a1500 to make mocks at?a1500 scrip?a1513 illude1516 delude1526 deride1530 louta1547 to toy with ——1549–62 flout1551 skirp1568 knack1570 to fart against1574 frump1577 bourd1593 geck?a1600 scout1605 subsannate1606 railly1612 explode1618 subsannea1620 dor1655 monkeya1658 to make an ass of (someone)1680 ridicule1680 banter1682 to run one's rig upon1735 fun1811 to get the run upon1843 play1891 to poke mullock at1901 razz1918 flaunt1923 to get (or give) the razoo1926 to bust (a person's) chops1953 wolf1966 pimp1968 1901 Bulletin (Sydney) 27 July (caption) 15/2 I'll 'low no one ter poke mullock at my 'ouse. 1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 126 Mullock, to poke, to deride, to tease. 1916 C. J. Dennis Moods of Ginger Mick 74 I own me eyes git brighter When I see 'em pokin' mullock at the everlastin' sea. 1931 V. Palmer Separate Lives 210 D'you think I'm going to sit in that galley with Curran and the other blokes all poking mullock at me? 1942 G. Casey It's Harder for Girls 153 The chaps poked mullock at me, but it wasn't that that hurt. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. v. 94 To poke mullock (also muck) at, an extension of poke borak at, to make fun of a person. 1957 R. Lawler Summer of 17th Doll 71 Oh, so that's what you got me in for, is it—to poke mullock. 1962 J. Morrison Twenty-three 86 I heard what you said when you grabbed that rope. Poking mullock at us because we won't go out over an empty hatch. 1981 D. Stuart I think I'll Live 163 You're no Mister bloody Australia y'self..so don't poke mullock at anyone for being a bit skinny. Compounds C1. (In sense 2a.) mullock dump n. ΚΠ 1925 Smith's Weekly (Sydney) 10 Jan. 23/7 Not all the mullock and gravel dumps marking the deserted mines in Victoria..have been put to practical use. 1985 Austral. Financial Rev. 12 Aug. 52/4 The treatment of tailings and mullock dumps..in the Northern Territory. mullock heap n. ΚΠ 1859 Colonial Mining Jrnl. Feb. 88/3 It would be well always to prospect its value before it is thrown away in the mullock heap. 1935 L. Mann Human Drift viii. 63 Here and there were little clearings around the yellow reddish mullock heaps of deserted holes. 1983 Overlander June 40 The Aborigines ‘noodle’ or fossick the mullock heaps..with infinite patience. 1999 J. Gallas Resistance is Futile 19 Mullock heaps; cut races; dams and sluices; splashdown creeks. C2. mullock reef n. Australian and New Zealand (now historical) an area of rock with a high proportion of mullock but yielding some gold or minerals. ΚΠ 1865 Reps. Mining Surveyors & Registrars (Victoria) June 37 A good mullock reef, 4 to 5 feet thick. Good prospects can be washed from this reef. 1875 App. Jrnls. House of Representatives N.Z. (5th Sess. 5th Parl.) II. H.–3. 29 The reefs of the Carrick Range..are peculiar clayey ferruginous ‘mullock reefs’ or rather ‘quartz-mullock reefs’. 1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. iii. 20/2 Mullock reef, a number of leaders traversing the mullock; collectively these may be worth working. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mullockv. Brit. /ˈmʌlək/, U.S. /ˈmələk/ Forms: 1800s– mullock, 1900s– mollock; English regional 1800s– mollock (chiefly western), 1800s– molluck (chiefly western), 1900s– mullak, 1900s– mulloch. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mullock n. Etymology: < mullock n. 1. intransitive. Originally English regional. To be in the way; to idle, to loiter or trail around aimlessly. ΚΠ 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 39 How the things lie mullocking about. 1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 363 What's tuh mullocking thear at? 1958 T. H. White Once & Future King (1967) i. 23 Always mollocking about after that beastly beast. 2001 Irish Times (Electronic ed.) 17 Feb. He is quite content just to mullock along, unencumbered by any emotion that does not involve his belly or adjacent areas. 2. transitive. Australian, New Zealand, and English regional. To make (a thing) dirty; to block or litter (a place), esp. with mining refuse. Usually with up. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty [verb (transitive)] uncleanseOE horyc1200 befoulc1320 behorewe1340 file1340 flobber1377 smatterc1386 foulc1400 slurryc1440 filtha1450 sowla1450 sollc1480 bawdy1495 squagea1500 arrayc1525 ray1526 bawdc1529 beray1530 filthify1545 belime1555 soss1557 embroyn1566 dirt1570 filthy1581 turpifya1586 dirty1591 muck1618 bedirt1622 bedirty1623 smooch1631 dight1632 fewma1637 snuddle1661 bepaw1684 puddle1698 nasty1707 muddify1739 scavenger1806 mucky1828 squalidize1837 mullock1861 muddy1893 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > pollute the environment [verb (transitive)] > cover with litter belitter1678 mullock1861 1861 N.Z. Goldfields 1861 (1976) 4 Oct. 36 It is very probable that many portions of Gabriel's Gully will pay for reworking, for the place has been terribly ‘mullocked’ by the original workers. 1862 Otago Daily Times (N.Z.) 9 July 5 Whether the flat will pay to resluice at present, from its being so much worked and ‘mullocked’ and also rather deep, is doubtful. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 86/2 My clothes are as good as new yet; they are none..mullocked a bit. a1903 W. C. Boulter in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 198/1 [Worcestershire] House was all mullocked up. 1940 I. L. Idriess Lightning Ridge 96 The owners had found their drives mullocked up, broken opal everywhere. 1977 J. Doughty Gold in Blood 243 In stoping to the surface on both ends we had mullocked up the shaft. 3. transitive. Australian. With up, over. To shear (a sheep) roughly and carelessly. Also intransitive: to do something in a slovenly way. ΚΠ 1893 Age (Melbourne) 23 Sept. 14/4 No man could shear 321 sheep in eight hours, although I will admit he might do what we shearers call ‘mullock over’ that number. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. 94 To mullock over, to work shoddily. 1965 J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry ii. 5 Mullock over, to rush the work quickly and carelessly, thus turning out badly shorn sheep. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1390v.1854
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