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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

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

Meantime, I was not to know the carking anxiety of the out-of-work.

From The Message by Brock, H. M. (Henry Matthew)

Why let carking care disturb your serenity, Mary?

From Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys by Emerson, Alice B.

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