mudlark
noun [ C ] uk/ˈmʌd.lɑːk/ us/ˈmʌd.lɑːrk/
mainly UK河滩寻宝人（在河滩上搜寻有价值物品的人）
someone who searches the mud (= soft, wet ground) near rivers trying to find valuable or interesting objects
There is a collection of medieval artefacts unearthed by mudlarks and and metal detectors. 这里收集了由河滩寻宝人和金属探测爱好者挖掘出土的中世纪文物。
UK（善于在泥泞的地面上奔驰的）泥腿子赛马
a horse who runs well on soft, wet ground
The very soft ground should suit Trans Island who is a real mudlark. 非常软的地面应该适合“环岛”，它是一匹真正的泥腿子赛马。
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- Poor Victorian children, nicknamed mudlarks, used to dig at low tide in the foul-smelling muck of the Thames to scavenge lumps of coal and other items they could sell for a few pence.
- Beachcombing has provided a way of life for generations of mudlarks living close to the tidal foreshores of the Thames and the Medway.
- The firm going at Aintree is bad news for mudlarks.
- Edmond's trainer was hoping for softer ground for the confirmed mudlark.