muckender

English

Alternative forms

• mockador, mockadour, muckenger, muckinder, muckinger, muckiter

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mokadour, from Old Occitan mocador. For the development of excrescent /n/, compare harbinger, passenger.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌk.ɪn.də/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌk.ɪn.dɚ/

Noun

muckender (plural muckenders)

1. (obsolete) A handkerchief.

References

• “muckender”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• OED