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Definition of Larkers
1. larker [n] - See also: larker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Larkers
Literary usage of Larkers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1869)
"They must shed off their "larkers," the young men who poke fun at the drill-serjeants;
who kiss their hands, and convey other amatory signals, ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Certain night-larkers, whose game was to break windows with halfpence, assumed
this name in the early part of the eighteenth century. ..."
3. Literary Values and Other Papers by John Burroughs (1904)
""The larkers, in dragging their nets by night, frequently catch them in the wheat
stubbles." He learned, as every observer sooner or later learns, ..."
4. The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White (1906)
"And besides, the larkers, in dragging their nets by night, frequently catch them
in the wheat-stubbles; while the bat-fowlers, who take many redwings in the ..."
5. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"... the most accomplished strikers, or larkers, as they are called, in the employ
of the hells." (The fry Merchant, p. 317.) Cappers they are called, ..."
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