Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A trifle; trifling; dallying.
- noun An idler; trifler.
- To trifle; spend one's time idly.
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Examples
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An 'ne'er, though out o' sight, to jauk [18] or play:
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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An 'ne'er, tho' out o 'sight, to jauk [322-20] or play:
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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An 'ne'er, tho' out o 'sight, to jauk or play: [trifle]' And O! be sure to fear the Lord alway,
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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And ne'er, though out o 'sight, to jauk [29] or play:
Selections from Five English Poets Thomas Gray 1743
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