muckworm
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2ADJ.
mere, notorious, sordid
MUCKWORM + NOUN
century, town
Definitions
noun
A larva living in mud or manure.
Someone who gathers wealth through overwork of employees and sordid means; a miser.
Here you a muckworm of the town might see, / At his dull desk, amid his legers stall'd, / Eat up with carking care and penurie; / Most like to carcase parch'd on gallows-tree.
We have painted one Money-Lender — not the mere sordid muckworm of a century ago, but the man-eater of the present day.
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3Here you a muckworm of the town might see, / At his dull desk, amid his legers stall'd, / Eat up with carking care and penurie; / Most like to carcase parch'd on gallows-tree.
WiktionaryWe have painted one Money-Lender — not the mere sordid muckworm of a century ago, but the man-eater of the present day.
WiktionaryPerhaps it is far too expensive for a notorious muckworm like you! I, however, am more generous.
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