Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- One of the Channel Islands in the English Channel east of Guernsey. It comprises Great Sark and Little Sark, which are joined by a natural causeway.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shirt or chemise; the body-garment, of linen or cotton, for either sex.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Carp.) To cover with sarking, or thin boards.
- noun Scot. A shirt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun One of the
Channel Islands .
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Examples
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They had spent quite a lot of time away from London, in Sark in particular.
Boing Boing 2008
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Some facts I have thrust upon me, in honour of my Scottish roots: the Cutty Sark is named after a witch in Burns’ Tam O’Shanter, and indeed holds a horse’s tail in her hand.
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Some facts I have thrust upon me, in honour of my Scottish roots: the Cutty Sark is named after a witch in Burns’ Tam O’Shanter, and indeed holds a horse’s tail in her hand.
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Encom was the company run by the "evil" Sark aka MCP in the original who betrayed Flynn and stole his work.
More Cryptic Tron Viral Sites Discovered - But What's Next? « FirstShowing.net 2010
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Sark, which is just 3 miles long by 1.5 miles wide 4.8 by 2.4 km, has no public street lighting, no paved roads and no cars, officials said.
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I will have to admit that I loved seeing "Sark" and wish he'd be on EVERY week!
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But she was back in the thick of things before the wedding-party reached home, and everything was ready and in apple-pie order for a merry-making such as Sark had not seen for many a day.
Pearl of Pearl Island John Oxenham 1896
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I guess "Sark," former USC assistant Steve Sarkisian
latimes.com - News 2010
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I guess "Sark," former USC assistant Steve Sarkisian
latimes.com - News 2010
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Sarkisian -- "Sark," as he's affectionately and nearly universally known -- wasn't the first choice, though no one will say it.
SI.com 2009
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