Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
calk .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
calker .
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- noun Alternative form of
calker .
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Examples
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'It was a cawker; an' the cops come in and took 'em both off ter quod. '
Liza of Lambeth 1919
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"Who the deuce was the queer-looking _cawker_?" we all at once inquired of Crony.
The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life Robert Cruikshank 1828
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Dick -- he's my friend, a _cawker_ to be sure, but must not _stand Sam_ to an _Oxford raff_, or a Yorkshire _Johnny Raw_.
The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life Robert Cruikshank 1828
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However, not to part uncivilly, and be as good as my word, I brought ben Nanse's bottle, and gave him a cawker at the shop counter; and, after taking a thimbleful to myself, to drink a good journey to him, I bade him take care of his feet, as the causeway was frozen, and saw the auld flunkie safely over the strand with
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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However, not to part uncivilly, and be as good as my word, I brought ben Nanse's bottle, and gave him a cawker at the shop counter; and, after taking a thimbleful to myself, to drink a good journey to him, I bade him take care of his feet, as the causeway was frozen, and saw the auld flunkie safely over the strand with
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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Hae, man, there's a cawker to keep your heart warm; and set down that bottle of Deacon Jaffrey's best brown stout to get a toast. "
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Various 1909
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Hae, man, there's a cawker to keep your heart warm; and set down that bottle, "quoth I, wiping the saw-dust affn't with my hand," to get a toast; I'se warrant it for Deacon Jaffrey's best brown stout. "
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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Hae, man, there's a cawker to keep your heart warm; and set down that bottle, "quoth I, wiping the saw-dust affn't with my hand," to get a toast; I'se warrant it for Deacon Jaffrey's best brown stout. "
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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