Example Sentences

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If a coffee sergeant tells a sparrow cop about a skylarker with a persuader in the park, who is credited with making the collar?

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2011

A skylarker was a name for a suspicious character.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2011

She may be a little skylarker, but take it from me, it ain't from choice, and when she likes you—God! honest, I think that girl would pawn her soul for you.

From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Hurst, Fannie