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Definition of Parkies
1. parkie [n] - See also: parkie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parkies
Literary usage of Parkies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alaska and Its Resources by William Healey Dall (1897)
"It is usually ornamented with black lines, as in the above example. A man's wealth
is frequently estimated by parkies. They will buy, with their surplus ..."
2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1899)
"The members of the expedition wore deerskin coats with hoods (parkies), ...
The parkies are shaped like a shirt with a hole in the neck just large enough to ..."
3. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1899)
"The members of the expedition i-ore deerskin coats with hoods (parkies), ...
over underclothing of flan- The parkies are shaped like a shirt with a hole in ..."
4. North America by Israel Cook Russell (1904)
"In recent years, and perhaps before the coming of white men, the skins for the
manufacture of parkies were derived largely by trade from the people owning ..."
5. A Woman who Went to Alaska by May Kellogg Sullivan (1902)
"Many of the latter continually carry small children on their backs underneath
their parkies, a heavy belt or girdle of some sort keeping the youngster from ..."
6. Voyages on the Yukon and Its Tributaries: A Narrative of Summer Travel in by Hudson Stuck (1917)
"... see them on the streets, or leaning on the counters of the stores, or beaching
or launching their boats on the water-front, clad in dirty drill parkies, ..."
7. Ice-pack and Tundra: An Account of the Search for the Jeannette and a Sledge by William Henry Gilder (1883)
"... 18 woollen blankets, 24 sack coats, 13 skin parkies, 8 overcoats, and they
were divided among all hands as required, much of it being in excess. ..."
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