nork

/ (nɔːk) /

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noun

(usually plural) Australian slang a female breast

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Word Origin for nork

C20: of unknown origin

Words nearby nork

noria, Noricum, Noriega, Norilsk, norite, nork, norland, norleucine, norm, Norma, normal

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Example sentences from the Web for nork

Hollywood might possibly fear North Korean sleeper cells capable of blowing up theaters that screen anti-Nork films.
Pyongyang Shuffle: Hollywood In Dead Panic Over Sony Hack|James Poulos|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The hut of Mr. Sutherland, Nork Esk, robbed: three horses speared, three others wounded.
The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2)|John West
A convert to Freethought, under the name of “F. Nork,” he wrote many works on mythology which may still be consulted with profit.
A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations|Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
Epsom town lies two or three miles to our right, beyond Nork Park.
Surrey|A.R. Hope Moncrieff

Nork, etymologists have guessed, may be corrupted from Noverca—perhaps it once had a Roman owner.
Highways and Byways in Surrey|Eric Parker
If for a moment he had seen Tanis as withering and sentimental, he lost that impression at Carrie Nork's dance.
Babbitt|Sinclair Lewis

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