Idiom
mud monkey
Meaning
Refers to a person or a builder using earth, mud, or clay as its main material.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The mud monkey built a small wall with wet clay.”
“The local mud monkey spent all afternoon mixing earth and straw to repair the garden fence.”
“As a skilled mud monkey, he favored traditional techniques, using only natural clay and river silt to construct the cottage walls.”
Examples
simple
“The mud monkey built a small wall with wet clay.”
contextual
“The local mud monkey spent all afternoon mixing earth and straw to repair the garden fence.”
complex
“As a skilled mud monkey, he favored traditional techniques, using only natural clay and river silt to construct the cottage walls.”
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