Definition of "mawk" []

• A maggot (noun)
• A slattern (noun)

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• "The notes are articulate, the personal knowledge impressive: there is no generic "we never knew you but the angels will …" kind of mawk, just genuine tributes from the girls in the bookies, the twins in the dance class, who had come to know and appreciate the different lives of all these different people."
• "The _mawk_ fly is indigenous, and thrives wonderfully, as you shall hear."
• "I have seen two mawk flies strike (as it seemed) a joint of meat, just as it was removing from the spit, leaving their fly blows there."