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
"I'd laik dat!" exclaimed Wopsie, her eyes sparkling.
From Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Aunt Lu's City Home by Hope, Laura Lee
Ole Tenny’ll put yer ter bed laik she wuz yer own mammy.”
From A Daughter of the Union by Madison, Lucy Foster
I's done some deteckertiff wuk, lest laik I said I'd do, an' I's cotched him!
From Tom Swift and His War Tank, or, Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
An’ I’d 149 laik de bes’ in de wohld ter see my ole mammy ergain.
From A Daughter of the Union by Madison, Lucy Foster
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