[ 'mʌlək ]
■ noun
1》 dialect rubbish or nonsense.
2》 Austral./NZ rock which contains no gold or from which gold has been extracted.
Phrases
poke ~ at Austral./NZ informal ridicule.
Origin
ME: dimin. of earlier mul 'dust, rubbish', from MDu.
[ 'mʌlək ]
■ noun
1》 dialect rubbish or nonsense.
2》 Austral./NZ rock which contains no gold or from which gold has been extracted.
Phrases
poke ~ at Austral./NZ informal ridicule.
Origin
ME: dimin. of earlier mul 'dust, rubbish', from MDu.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004