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knitandpurl commented on the word murerk
http://www.bookrags.com/tandf/murerk-1-tf/ says:
"The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
murerk
*. The mistress of the house: tramps’ c.: from ca 1855. ?burerk (BURICK) perverted."
August 6, 2011
knitandpurl commented on the word murerk
"Look, carrot-face, get the murerk, else I'll fetch you a sockdolager what'll lay you out till Christmas," he said."
The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman, p 116 of the Knopf paperback
August 6, 2011
bilby commented on the word murerk
Is this book at all readable? Sometimes a writer can try too hard to lay out the speech mannerisms of the times to the point where it obscures whatever it is the novel is about.
August 6, 2011