The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mawk \Mawk\ (m[add]k), n. [OE. mauk, ma[eth]ek, Icel. ma[eth]kr; akin to Dan. maddik, and E. mad an earthworm. See Mad, n.]
A maggot. [Scot.]
A slattern; a mawks. [Prov. Eng.]
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete except in dialects English) a maggot 2 (context UK dialect obsolete English) a slattern
Wikipedia
Mawk can refer to:
- Mike's AWK, an interpreter for the AWK programming language
- Mark "Mawk" Young, the bassist for the band Hed PE
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Usage examples of "mawk".
After a few minutes’ checking, Mawk told Pharh about a slow freighter headed to Qo’noS.
After booking the passage, he then used the balance of the latinum to pay Mawk the bribe that would keep him silent until Pharh was far enough away that his parents wouldn’t pay to bring him back.
That was before the captain sprung us from the harbour holenot that we deserved to be arrested in the first placeHood's breath, when a squad of soldiers comes on ya demanding this and that, it's only natural to put a fist in their mawks, hey?
That was before the captain sprung us from the harbour hole—not that we deserved to be arrested in the first place - Hood's breath, when a squad of soldiers comes on ya demanding this and that, it's only natural to put a fist in their mawks, hey?