muck spreader en · NOUN
Meanings
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A piece of farm machinery, usually towed behind a tractor, used to spray liquified manure on fields.
The farmer whose land the Pratincole had chosen to frequent had such an adversion to birders that he had been thundering up and down all day in a high-powered muck-spreader, splattering them with cow dung!
1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 59:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| muck spreaders | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
muckraker · honey wagon · honeywagon · manure spreader
Translations (1)
da gyllespreder (farm machinery)