Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hollow; a hole; a depression.
- noun A pin; brooch; clasp.
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- noun A
hollow ordepression .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Het die tyd nie dalk aangebreek vir die regering om 'n algemene moratorium op die afsetting van plaaswerkers te plaas nie, tot tyd en wyl die gebreke in die huidige wetgewing reggestel kan word nie?
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Another article described efforts to mediate the mounting tension: Afvaardiging dalk na
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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Van die Afrikaners en ander is dalk nog in die afgelope verkiesing verlei deur van die opposisie leiers!
SPEECH BY DEP MINISTER G OOSTUIZEN - STATE OF THE NATION DEBATE 2004
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Lord Woolf se voorstelle is wat dalk op ons eie regstelsel van toepassing mag wees.
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NP in 'n hoekie moet gaan sit en kwyn tot die ANC dalk eendag skeur.
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"I dink besser as ve git on der board, und dalk aftervard!" exclaimed Andy's companion, who spoke with a strong German accent.
Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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Yankee misdeeds that Sam continued to recount for his benefit, although he assured us that he could "unterstant vat man say to him besser als he could dalk himselbst."
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Den der vorks is done, und you shall gom und sit und dalk do me about die osdridge birds, while I shmoke mein bibe und you rest yourself, und resht die bullocks for two day.
Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure George Manville Fenn 1870
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I am going to dalk to dot tog, und you are to hear.
Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure George Manville Fenn 1870
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"I dalk all dot nonsense do vrighten him like a shild," he said.
Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure George Manville Fenn 1870
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