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mucking

[′mək·iŋ]
(engineering)
Clearing and loading broken rock and other excavated materials, as in tunnels or mines.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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