Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To frolic; gambol.
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Examples
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'An' I'll tell him abaat Edge End "Messiah," and thi marlock wi 'th' owd piccolo. '
Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather
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'What a foo' (fool) his mother mun be to let him marlock on th 'Lodge banks by hissel.
Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather
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But they ha 'learned that marlock from the sailors of Rye town.
Privy Seal His Last Venture Ford Madox Ford 1906
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Some chaps i'th 'village gate to hear abaat Joa's drivin an' fallin asleep, soa they thowt they'd have a bit ov a marlock on, an abaat a duzzen on 'em went to th' Cemetary gates, an tho 'it wor dark they faand th' heears an 'th' horse just as it had been drawn up, and Joa fast asleep.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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But aw think aw'st niver forget a marlock some chaps played him one day: ther wor abaat six on 'em, an 'they made it up to freeten him a bit, an' mak him believe he wor baan to dee; soa just as he coom off th 'corner
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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_ Hea am aw to know yo're not playin 'a marlock wi' mo?
Stephen Archer and Other Tales George MacDonald 1864
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"Aw'm sure, an 'moor soa, an' as tha's decided nut to goa, aw'll tell thi ov a marlock some o'th 'chaps has been playin' but tha munnat split, for it hasn't to get aght woll after th 'pairty.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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