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- noun Plural form of
zerk .
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Examples
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Anyway, a some construction crew left a mini-excavator down the road, so I am "borrowing" it today to do some dirt work. 2 quarts low on engine oil, 1 - / 2 gallons low on hydraulic fluid, 1 / 2 gallon low on anti-freeze, some dry zerks.
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They check the little things, grease all the zerks, make sure the lights work, install the plow blades, and hook it all up to make sure everything works properly.
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Asia and Europe.] [Headnote 2: XER 'XES, (_zerks' ees_,) the celebrated king of Persia, during his famous expedition into Greece, caused a bridge of boats to be built over the Hellespont; but the work having been destroyed by a storm, he was greatly enraged against the sea, and ordered it to be lashed, and fetters to be cast into it to restrain its violence.]
Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Charles W. Sanders
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