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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cark 2 British  
/ kɑːk /

verb

  1. slang (intr) to break down; die

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

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

Greed and strife, Hatred and cark and care, what place have they 388 In yon blue liberality of heaven?

From The Poetry Of Robert Browning by Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus) Brooke

Alpine tourists often employ this contrivance when they start from their bivouac in the cark morning.

From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Sir Francis Galton

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