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
Absorbed in some other world of his occupations and thoughts, these insects, like daily cark and care, did not seem one whit to annoy him.
From Israel Potter by Melville, Herman
Down, down, down and down, With idler, knave, and tyrant!Why for sluggards cark and moil?He that will not live by toilHas no right on English soil! God’s word’s our warrant!
From Andromeda and Other Poems by Kingsley, Charles
Accordingly, the Princess called for ink-case and paper and wrote these couplets:— Ho thou who wouldst vaunt thee of cark and care; * How many love-molten, tryst-craving be there?
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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