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▪ I. york, n.2 dial.|jɔːk|
Also yark, yerk.
[Perh. the same word as yerk, yark n.]
Something used to tie a trouser leg beneath the knee. Usu. pl.
1905Eng. Dialect Dict. V, Yark, a strap or piece of string to fasten the trousers to keep them free from mud. [Cites a quot. with ‘yerks’.] 1958K. Etheridge Welsh Costume 66 When kneeling at the coal-face, dirt and small coal are apt to get inside the trouser-leg... Tying of the trouser leg just below the knee prevents this. A piece of string, or a leather strap..may be used for this. The strap..is called a ‘york’. 1967Listener 19 Oct. 504/3 The ‘tyings’ or straps worn below the knees..are, or were, used by the South Wales colliers, whose term for them is ‘yorks’. 1977Scollins & Titford Ey up, mi Duck! III. 12 Mr. Flint, who played the Fool, wore moleskin trousers tied with ‘yorks’. 1984Guardian Weekly 22 Jan. 4/2 They wore corduroy trousers fastened below the knee with leather straps (‘yarks’ is the technical name).
▪ II. york, v.1 Cricket.|jɔːk|
[Back-formation f. yorker2.]
trans. To bowl (a batsman) out or strike (the wicket) with a yorker.
1882Australians in Engl. 42 Butler was ‘yorked’ the second ball he received. 1888A. G. Steel Cricket (Badm. Libr.) iii. 169 [W. G. Grace loq.] I'm never frightened of him; he is always trying to ‘york’ you, and bowls any amount of half-volleys. 1904Daily Chron. 19 July 7/3 The ball that bowled Tunnicliffe started its flight a foot outside the off stump, at the finish it ‘yorked’ the middle stump.
▪ III. york, v.2|jɔːk|
[f. york n.2 Cf. yerk, yark v.]
trans. To keep up trouser legs by tying them with ‘yorks’.
1960R. Williams Border Country 258 The thongs which yorked the trouser legs just below the knees. 1969M. Harris Kind of Magic 178 He always wore thick brown cord trousers yorked up below the knee with leather straps, and his face was the colour of a bit of old leather. |