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cark

American  
[kahrk] / kɑrk /

noun

  1. care or worry.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to worry.

cark 1 British  
/ kɑːk /

noun

  1. an archaic word for worry worry worry worry

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cark 2 British  
/ kɑːk /

verb

  1. slang (intr) to break down; die

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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

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