carking

[ kahr-king ]

/ ˈkɑr kɪŋ /

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adjective Archaic.

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Origin of carking

First recorded in 1560–70; see origin at cark, -ing²

Words nearby carking

caritas, caritive, carjack, carjacking, cark, carking, carl, Carla, Carleen, Carleton, carlin

How to use carking in a sentence

Thus, full of carking care, while he pushed aside the proffered consolation, Roger Acton walked abroad.
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper|Martin Farquhar Tupper
Distrustfulness, and carking cares, and contrivances for time to come.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter
All were in the pink of health, free from all carking cares and vanities of life, and they sang as if inspired.
Doctor Jones' Picnic|S. E. Chapman
I reckon you are now preparing for your Wexford expedition; and poor Dingley is full of carking and caring, scolding.
The Journal to Stella|Jonathan Swift

And she was far less cursed with "nerves," with feverish unrest and carking discontent, than women are to-day.
Feminism and Sex-Extinction|Arabella Kenealy

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