laik
Britishverb
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to play (a game, etc)
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(intr) to be on holiday, esp to take a day off work
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(intr) to be unemployed
Etymology
Origin of laik
C14: leiken, from Old Norse leika; related to Old English lacan to manoeuvre; compare lark ²
Example Sentences
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Sapos yu sorri long ol dispela pikinini na yu laik givim liklik moni bilong halivim ol, yu ken givim long kommitti bilong yu or biringim sitaret igo long Distrik officer long Kiap.
From Time Magazine Archive
"If yoh doan mind, I'd laik to fix up yoh section; got so much to do won't git through 'fore midnight."
From Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter by Merrill Tileston
An’ I’d 149 laik de bes’ in de wohld ter see my ole mammy ergain.
From A Daughter of the Union by Lucy Foster Madison
Well, now, Masa Tom, I shorely would laik t' 'blige yo', I shore would.
From Tom Swift and His Air Glider, or Seeking the Platinum Treasure by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
It done mattah ’bout a pore nigga laik me.
From A Daughter of the Union by Lucy Foster Madison
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