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Definition of Sarky
1. sarcastic [adj SARKIER, SARKIEST] - See also: sarcastic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarky
Literary usage of Sarky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. God's Good Man: A Simple Love-story by Marie Corelli (1904)
"And what is the saint in the sarky ?" Here she removed her hand from the mouth
she was guarding. " Say it in one word, if you can,—what is the sarky ? ..."
2. God's Good Man: A Simple Love-story by Marie Corelli (1904)
"Say it in one word, if you can,—what is the sarky ? " "It's in the church,"—said
... don't talk to me any more about saints in the sarky or out of the sarky ..."
3. God's Good Man: A Simple Love-story by Marie Corelli (1904)
"And what is the saint in the sarky ?" Here she removed her hand from the mouth
... the sparkling mirth in her mistress's face—" We calls it sarky for short. ..."
4. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... shake (1. toss) of the head, -puoli (vuoteen) head [of the bed], -sarky bead-
ache; megrim, -taivutus bending (1. bow- Ing) the head, ..."
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