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carking

American  
[kahr-king] / ˈkɑr kɪŋ /

adjective

Archaic.
  1. distressful.


Etymology

Origin of carking

First recorded in 1560–70; see origin at cark, -ing 2

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Precedence and protocol were a constant, carking care to Queen Victoria's stiffly sensitive and none-too-popular Prince Albert, who complained that he was "only a husband and not the master in the house."

From Time Magazine Archive

To its gusts he could throw the heavy cares of the Presidency, to its rollers the carking complications of politics.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Germany itself those prisoners who have returned found only more carking cares.

From Time Magazine Archive

For we are the Lords of Ease, The gaolers of carking Care, The Guild of Go-as-you-Please!

From The Dragon of Wantley His Tale by Stewardson, John

And no one who knows his freedom from all petty, carking feelings of every sort, such as envy and jealousy, can doubt for a moment that he did.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

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