parky

/ (ˈpɑːkɪ) /


adjectiveparkier or parkiest
  1. (usually postpositive) British informal (of the weather) chilly; cold

Origin of parky

1
C19: perhaps from perky

Words Nearby parky

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

How to use parky in a sentence

  • He turned to his myrmidon: "Get a move on you, Herbert; it's a bit parky standing about here."

  • And it shall ridy-pidy in the coachy-poachy too; all round the parky-warky with the cock-a-doodle-doo.

    Ireland as It Is | Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • "parky looks as if Davy Jones was pulling on his string," observed the flippant Ives to his neighbour.

    The Mystery | Stewart Edward White and Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • "It's no' so parky, Mr. Bertram, sir-r," replied Tam cautiously.

    Tam O' The Scoots | Edgar Wallace