How do you use Cark?

How to use cark in a sentence
  1. The old, old earth is glad to turn from the cark and care of driftless centuries to the first sweet blades of green. ...
  2. Alpine tourists often employ this contrivance when they start from their bivouac in the cark morning.
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What does it mean to cark it?

/kɑːrk/ cark it. to die: The old fellow carked it a couple of years ago. Death and dying.
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How do you use Carking in a sentence?

How to use carking in a sentence
  1. Thus, full of carking care, while he pushed aside the proffered consolation, Roger Acton walked abroad. ...
  2. Distrustfulness, and carking cares, and contrivances for time to come. ...
  3. All were in the pink of health, free from all carking cares and vanities of life, and they sang as if inspired.
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What does Cark mean in Australia?

cark. To die; to break down; to fail. Also spelt kark, and often taking the form cark it. The word is probably a figurative use of an earlier Australian sense of cark meaning 'the caw of a crow', which is imitative. First recorded in the 1970s.
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Is Cark a name?

How unique is the name Cark? From 1880 to 2020 less than 5 people per year have been born with the first name Cark.
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Who is Cark?

cark (born: 1999 [age 22–23]) is an English former satirical YouTuber who primarily uploads low-effort videos representing a child in the early 2010's with a YouTube channel. Many of his videos are a recreation of an average video in the early days of YouTube.
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Is it Karl or Carl?

FOR REAL: Carl and Karl are German and Scandinavian forms of the name Charles. Carl is an older German spelling, most countries use the K spelling more commonly, except in English where the C spelling is more favored.
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Why are farmers called Cockys?

Farmers thus afflicted were labelled "cocky farmers" because all they seemed to produce was more galahs and it is this term that led to Australian farmers being known colloquially as "cockies".
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What does Cooee mean in Aboriginal?

The word "cooee" originates from the Dharug language of Aboriginal Australians in the Sydney area. It means "come here" and has now become widely used in Australia as a call over distances.
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What is a bluey in Australia?

(Australian slang) A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler.
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What does it mean to describe someone as milquetoast?

Definition of milquetoast

(Entry 1 of 2) : a timid, meek, or unassertive person.
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What is Carking care?

To burden or be burdened with trouble; worry. n. A worry; a trouble: carks and cares. [Middle English carken, from Norman French carquier, to burden, load, from Late Latin carricāre; see cargo.]
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What is a Daysman?

Definition of daysman

1 [Middle English dayesman, from dayes (genitive of day day set for arbitration) + -man] archaic : umpire, arbiter neither is there any daysman betwixt us — Job 9:33 (Authorized Version) 2 archaic : day laborer.
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Where does the expression Kark it come from?

Back to cark.. it comes from the word Khak.. which means dirt, dust, etc. the word Khaki is also from the same root, meaning the colour of dust, or the colour of the dirt/mud, in Hindi. So the term to 'cark it' derives from 'dust to dust, ashes to ashes' referring to death..
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What is chook Australia?

noun. Also called: chookie Australian informal a hen or chicken. Australian informal a woman, esp a more mature one.
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What is the indigenous name for didgeridoo?

Yidaki is the Aboriginal word for didgeridoo in eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia, among the Yolngu Matha-speaking people who call themselves Yolngu.
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How do you spell cooey?

noun, verb (used without object), plural coo·eys,coo·eyed, coo·ey·ing. cooee.
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Is cooee a Scrabble word?

COOEE is a valid scrabble word.
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What is a Pantsman?

Noun. pants man (plural pants men) (Australia, slang) A promiscuous male.
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What are cow cockies?

: a small dairy farmer.
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What does the phrase fair dinkum mean?

Definition of fair dinkum

slang, Australia. : unquestionably good or genuine : excellent —often used as a general expression of approval these cigars are fair dinkum.
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What is a hot Carl?

Noun. hot carl (plural hot carls) (slang) A sexual act of defecating on the face of a sexual partner, usually covered in plastic wrap.
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Is Karl a girl name?

Karl (also Carl) is a Germanic variant of the male given name Charles meaning free man, or simply a man.
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Is Carl a biblical name?

Carl is baby boy name mainly popular in Christian religion and its main origin is German. Carl name meanings is A short form of carlton. People search this name as Roberto carlos reyna, Middle names for carla, Biblical meaning of carla, Carl biblical name.
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How do you use milquetoast?

a shy, nervous person with a weak character, usually a man: He changes from a dorky milquetoast to a sexy macho hero. During boxing's bare-knuckle era, gloves were for milquetoasts. Those who thought otherwise were derided as milquetoasts.
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