0 the activity of searching the mud (= soft, wet ground) near rivers trying to find valuable or interesting objects:
As a child she took friends down there to go mudlarking at low tide.
The Antiques Show did an item on finding treasure in the Thames, an activity called mudlarking.
We're going to go sailing, canoeing and mudlarking.
Mudlarking is where you dig for things washed up when the tide is out.
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May 10, 2021
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