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 knows dish yeah place laik a book, even if I cain't read.
From The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida by Hope, Laura Lee
It done mattah ’bout a pore nigga laik me.
From A Daughter of the Union by Madison, Lucy Foster
I had ten befo’ her but ’peared laik none ob dem tuk sich a hole on ma haht de way she did.
From A Daughter of the Union by Madison, Lucy Foster
De gen'man what's allers a-blessin' ob hisself or his shoelaces, or suffin laik dat.
From Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, or, the Quickest Flight on Record by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
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