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A maggot.

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  1. n. A maggot.
  2. n. A slattern; a mawks.
  3. 1. A maggot. [Scot.] 2. A slattern; a mawks. [Prov. Eng.]
  4. mad awks. When something is mad awkward, overly awkward, mawkward. When someone says something weird and it leads to an uncomfortable silence. > Standing next to someone you hate in uncomfortable silence. > "Wow, that was mawks." > When a teacher overhears a conversation they shouldn't have. > "Mawks." > When someone walks by and you hear only part of their conversation and it sounds really weird. > "Mawks."