mucker = 'young townie' (1874)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 03:06:20 -0400, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:

>OED3 has "mucker" = 'young townie' from 1893 (in _Harvard Stories_).

_Harvard Stories_ is also the source of the first (and only) cite given
for "muckerdom" = '(the world of) townies'.

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http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=289475
Harvard Crimson, Oct 7, 1884
The college yard is fast becoming a grand playground for Cambridge infant
muckerdom.
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http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=287483
Harvard Crimson, Nov 6, 1884
The band, it is perhaps needless to say, kept to its usual high standard
of merit, and met with the universal approval of muckerdom, which was
extremely well represented along the route.
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