moudiewark

English

Noun

moudiewark (plural moudiewarks)

1. (Scotland) Alternative form of moudiewart
   • 1799, Robert Burns, The Merry Muses of Caledonia:

     The moudiewark has done me ill, And below my apron has biggit a hill; I maun consult some learned clark, About this wanton moudiewark.

   • 1976, Hi-fi News & Record Review - Volume 21, Issues 1-6, page 121:

     John MacDonald has bagged nearly a quarter of a million moudiewarks in his time, which can't leave much time for playing the Melodeon.

   • 1999, Sheila Douglas, “Maidenheids and Moudiewarks: Scotland and the Bawdy Song Tradition”, in Studies in Scottish Literature, volume 31, number 1:

     Of course other creatures besides the horse have been used as a symbol of the male organ. A very popular one in Scotland has been the moudiewark or mole, a burrowing creature that creates hummocks in the ground.