Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Cold; penetrating; chilly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective British informal Cold; -- of weather.
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- adjective UK
Cold , but notexcessively so.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective appreciably or disagreeably cold
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Examples
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The trip back was into the bitter NE wind so it was a bit on the parky side, and the ice was much less stable when we got back to Slateford aqueduct.
Long canal run 2010
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For one thing, your legs won't answer yet awhile, and even if they did, you're ballock-naked and it's dam' parky out and we're doin' forty miles an hour.
Watershed 2010
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Have fun in yorkshire could be a bit parky i remember snow in june growing up in ilkley!
l’oeil du cyclone 2008
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Bloody parky waiting for the bus on this street corner!
Lonely Heart 2010
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He greeted me with a cry of "Hollo; me son, and what can I be doin 'for ye on this parky day?"
THE NUMBERS 2010
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The trip back was into the bitter NE wind so it was a bit on the parky side, and the ice was much less stable when we got back to Slateford aqueduct.
Long canal run 2010
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For one thing, your legs won't answer yet awhile, and even if they did, you're ballock-naked and it's dam 'parky out and we're doin' forty miles an hour.
Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999
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He greeted me with a cry of "Hollo; me son, and what can I be doin 'for ye on this parky day?"
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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He greeted me with a cry of "Hollo; me son, and what can I be doin 'for ye on this parky day?"
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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He turned to his myrmidon: "Get a move on you, Herbert; it's a bit parky standing about here."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 21, 1917 Various
chained_bear commented on the word parky
"'You will need a watch-coat, sir,' he added. 'It is right parky up there.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen Gun Salute, 149
March 4, 2008