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mucking

[′mək·iŋ]

(engineering)

Clearing and loading broken rock and other excavated materials, as in tunnels or mines.

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While plenty of people would probably quite enjoy the sight of a warden mucking out a particularly smelly cage, they'd be less thrilled to find they're picking up the tab.