"mawk" meaning in English

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      "word": "mawkish"
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      "word": "mawky"
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      "expansion": "Middle English mawke",
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        "3": "maðkr",
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "maþa"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "maddike"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish maddike",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "mask"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish mask",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "maddock"
      },
      "expansion": "English maddock",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English mawke, moke, a contraction of mathek, maddok, from Old Norse maðkr (“maggot”), a diminutive of a base from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“worm”) (compare Old English maþa), from Proto-Indo-European *mat-, *mot- used in reference to insects and vermin. Cognate with Danish maddike, Swedish mask, archaic English maddock (modern maggot).",
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    {
      "form": "mawks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A maggot."
      ],
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          "maggot"
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      "qualifier": "obsolete except in dialects",
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        "(obsolete except in dialects) A maggot."
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "lifeform",
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          "name": "Dipterans",
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            "Insects",
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
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            "Life",
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      "glosses": [
        "A slattern."
      ],
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        [
          "slattern",
          "slattern"
        ]
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        "(UK, dialect, obsolete) A slattern."
      ],
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        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "word": "mawky"
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "mask"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish mask",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "maddock"
      },
      "expansion": "English maddock",
      "name": "cog"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A maggot."
      ],
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          "maggot"
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        "(obsolete except in dialects) A maggot."
      ]
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        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A slattern."
      ],
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        "(UK, dialect, obsolete) A slattern."
      ],
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