LITTER, LITTERED (trash)
ADJECTIVES
► BATTLED UP untidy, in a mess or litter → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCAT cluttered, full to overflowing, littered → 1895 Sc.
NOUNS
► HAFFICK tangle, confusion, rubbish, litter → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAGGER a litter, mess → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle → 1875 Eng. dial.
► MENAGERIE a collection of odds and ends; a mixed assembly; a confused state of things; a litter → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MUMMOCK an untidy heap or mess; a litter; a confused, shapeless mass; a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle → 1875 Eng. dial.
► REDD rubbish, litter, remains → 1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCAMBLE anything done irregularly; a mess; a litter → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCAUM ► SCAWM litter, dust, disturbance → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TANKLEMENTS ► TANKLIMENTS implements; litter; small ornaments; articles of finery → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► LITTERBUG someone who scatters litter antisocially → 1947 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► LITTER LOUT someone who scatters litter antisocially → 1927 Brit. sl.
VERBS
► BELITTER to bestrew with rubbish or things in disorder → 1678
► MUCK UP to litter → 19C Brit. colloq.
► SCAMBLE to trample upon; to litter about, to make untidy → 1892 Eng. dial.
► WOMBLE to pick up litter → 1996 UK sl.
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