mucker

noun

1. (Northern-Ireland, Southern-England, UK, slang)Friend, acquaintance.

   “Fancy a pint, me old mucker?”

2. (British-Army, slang)A comrade; a friendly, low-ranking soldier in the same situation.

   “Go and talk to your mucker!”

   “Too fucking late, son. I didn't want my mucker blown into tiny bits.”

3. A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.
4. (archaic, derogatory)A low or vulgar labourer.
5. (historical)A follower of the religious teachings of Johann Heinrich Schönherr (1770–1826) and Johann Wilhelm Ebel (1784–1861).

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive)To scrape together (money, etc.) by mean labour or shifts.

   “In tyme of plentie the riche too vpp mucker Corne, Grayne, or Chafre hopinge vppon dearthe.”