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skylark
/ ˈskaɪˌlɑːk /
noun
- an Old World lark, Alauda arvensis, noted for singing while hovering at a great height
- any of various Australian larks
verb
- informal.intr to romp or play jokes
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Derived Forms
- ˈskyˌlarker, noun
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- skylarker noun
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Example Sentences
While Skylark is away, in the countryside, they chance upon a vitality that has evaded them for too many years.
Until gasoline married into the skylark family, Bud did well enough to keep him contented out of a stock saddle.
The Skylark, you must know, was loaded with a valuable cargo of fine herrings, worth about 200 pounds.
Mr Jones quickly explained the circumstances of the loss of the Skylark to the sympathetic captain.
The coals snapped in the grate and the firelight danced merrily on the skylark's cage and the copper kettle.
When men would send thanks to the very gate of heaven their envoy should be a skylark.
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