Me Ol' Mucker

Me Ol' Mucker
Category	Language: Idiom; Catchphrase; Motto
Character	Thomas Brackenreid

"Me Ol' Mucker" is an affectionate phrase used by Inspector Thomas Brackenreid, one of a handful of his catch phrases. It has its origins in England and Ireland where the term "Mucker" is slang for a low labourer who removes muck (waste, debris, etc.) from a mine, stable or construction site, also used for comrades in the trenches of WWI. In Northern Ireland, the term is also slang for a friend or acquaintance.

More often than not, Brackenreid calls Murdoch "Me Ol'Mucker" and calls Constable Crabtree "Bugalugs".

Mentions

Season One

• Power - 1, to William Murdoch
• The Glass Ceiling - 2, to William Murdoch and Delmer Ward
• The Knockdown - 1, to William Murdoch
• Elementary, My Dear Murdoch - 1, to Arthur Conan Doyle
• Let Loose the Dogs - 1, to William Murdoch
• Still Waters - 1, to James Pearson
• Bad Medicine - 1, to William Murdoch

Season Two

• Mild Mild West - 2, to William Murdoch
• Dinosaur Fever - 1, to William Murdoch
• Shades of Grey - 1 - to William Murdoch
• Big Murderer on Campus - 1, to William Murdoch
• Anything You Can Do... - 1 - to William Murdoch

Season Three

• The Great Wall - 1

Season Four

• Murdoch in Wonderland - 1 to William Murdoch
• Confederate Treasure - 1

Season Five

• Murdoch Night in Canada - 1
• Twentieth Century Murdoch - 1

Season Seven

• Murdoch of the Living Dead - 1

Season Eight

• Holy Matrimony, Murdoch!' - William Murdoch
• The Keystone Constables - 2 Crabtree (as Brackenreid) to Higgins (as Murdoch); Brackenreid to William Murdoch
• Artful Detective - 1

Season Nine

• Double Life - 1
• A Case of The Yips - 1
• Cometh the Archer - 1

Season Ten

• Concocting A Killer to William Murdoch 

Trivia

• Murdochians (MM Fans) have recently noted that "the close-captioning folks aren’t familiar with Inspector Brackenreid’s lingo" and have translated Me Ol' Mucker as "Neil Walker".