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
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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
The solid masses which are observed by night to fall to the earth from fire-balls, and by day generally when the sky is clear, from a cark small cloud, are accompanied by much candescence.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Alexander von Humboldt
What matters now the weary road, My toil shall soon be o'er; And, oh, at last, at home with God Life's cares shall cark no more.
From Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. by Sarah Anne Curzon
Joyance is come, dispelling cark and care, v.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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