murieln.
/ˈmjʊərɪəl/, /ˈmjɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /ˈmjʊriəl/ British colloquial.
= mural n.2 2.Often associated with the character Hilda Ogden (played by Jean Alexander), formerly appearing in the British television series Coronation Street.
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1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. iv. 486 I knew a guy once, he had this muriel... Except where it was, it was on the ceiling.
1976 TV Times 10–16 July 35 Hilda holds an ‘At home’ for the regulars to admire her ‘murial’.
1989 Sunday Times 15 Oct. (Books) g11/1 Before each recording, she [sc. Jean Alexander] would personally check that the second flying duck on the ‘muriel’ in the Ogden's living-room was correctly crooked.
1997 Northern Echo (Electronic ed.) 12 Aug. Mr Crud..was particularly renowned for being able to hold a coin between the point of his chin and the end of his nose. One of the muriels shows him performing his party piece.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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