cark
Americannoun
verb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of cark
1250–1300; Middle English carken to be anxious, Old English becarcian, apparently derivative of car- (base of caru care ) + -k suffix
Example Sentences
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The pursuit eventually came to an end after Ali pulled into a pub cark park in Southbrook Road, where he ran from the vehicle and attempted to climb a fence.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2024
The website outlining the project said about 250 single men would be housed in temporary units in the hotel cark park with another 150 in the existing 37-bedroom building.
From BBC • May 8, 2023
Alpine tourists often employ this contrivance when they start from their bivouac in the cark morning.
From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Galton, Francis, Sir
It's easy for you to go joking, having neither cark nor care: that is no way to treat the second best match in Ireland!
From Three Wonder Plays by Gregory, Lady
Then befel him the extreme of grief and straitness of breast and he passed that night in exceeding cark and care for Kut al-Kulub.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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