laverock

Also lav·rock

[lav-er-uhk, leyv-ruhk]

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. a lark, especially a skylark.

laverock

/ ˈlevrək, ˈlævərək, ˈlevərək /

noun

1. a Scot and northern English dialect word for skylark

Word History and Origins

Origin of laverock¹

1275–1325; Middle English laverok, Old English lāwerce lark ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of laverock¹

Old English lǣwerce _lark ¹

Example Sentences

Mamie Laverock’s family and friends gather to mark her hospital homecoming.

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Mamie Laverock is back home with her friends and family months after surviving a five-story fall from a hospital walkway in May.

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In the video, several of Laverock’s family and friends eagerly await the actor in the driveway in front of a home.

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The transport driver then assists with Laverock’s grand reveal, opening the back doors of an ambulance to show the actor on a gurney.

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Laverock, wearing a yellow crocheted hat, smiles and stretches her arm out to the loved ones in front of her.

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