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▪ I. berk slang.|bɜːk|
Also birk, burk(e.
[Abbrev. of Berkeley (or Berkshire) Hunt, rhyming slang for cunt.]
A fool.
1936J. Curtis Gilt Kid vi. 66 ‘The berk.’ Jealousy and savage contempt blended in the Gilt Kid's tone. 1938W. Greenwood Only Mugs Work vii. 49 ‘Stick the burke in a taxi,’ he said. 1954‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom ii. xiv. 197 ‘Don't be a little berk,’ he said, as Foxy showed signs of recalcitrance. 1959J. Osborne Paul Slickey i. iv, The Tories were burglars, berks and bloodlusters. 1960H. Pinter Dumb Waiter in Birthday Party & other Plays 141 You mutt... You birk! 1963Sunday Express 10 Mar. 22/5 All my mates thought I was a burk to try to break away: now they know they were the burks.
▪ II. † berk, v. Obs.
[Variant of bark v.2 4.]
trans. To clot, make matted. Hence berkit ppl. a.
a1550Christis Kirke Gr. xx, Bludy berkit wes thair berd. 1641H. Best Farm. Bks. (1856) 11 Theire excrementes which berke togeather theire tayles and hinder partes. |