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berk

British

/ bɜːk /

noun

slang a stupid person; fool

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Etymology

Origin of berk

C20: shortened from Berkeley or Berkshire Hunt rhyming slang for cunt

Example Sentences

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Ha lord, hou this believe is derk, And fer fro resonable wit!

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)

Quene of the regne of Pluto derk and lowe,

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

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