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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kahr-king |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr kɪŋ |
Definition of carking
Origin :- "to be weighed down or oppresssed by cares or worries, be concerned about," early 12c., a figurative use, via Anglo-French from Old North French carkier "to load, burden," from Late Latin carcare (see charge (v.)). Cf. Old North French carguer "charger," corresponding to Old French chargier. The literal sense in English, "to load, put a burden on," is from c.1300. Related: Carked; carking. Also as a noun in Middle English and after, "charge, responsibility; anxiety, worry; burden on the mind or spirit," (c.1300), from Anglo-French karke, from Old North French form of Old French carche, variant of charge "load, burden, imposition."
- As in burdensome : adj troublesome
- And again Kirkwood sought Stryker, his carking query ready on his lips.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Meantime, I was not to know the carking anxiety of the out-of-work.
- Extract from : « The Message » by Alec John Dawson
- Memory worked with it—the carking memory of a failure of courage.
- Extract from : « Double Harness » by Anthony Hope
- Distrustfulness, and carking cares, and contrivances for time to come.
- Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
- He was sensible of a dull, carking shame, and yet was shameless.
- Extract from : « The Destroying Angel » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Doubt—indefinite, carking doubt had taken possession of her.
- Extract from : « Desperate Remedies » by Thomas Hardy
- Alluding to its tenacity of life and the carking wear of care.
- Extract from : « Our Cats and All About Them » by Harrison Weir
- But at midnight I sprang up—no longer would I endure the carking suspense.
- Extract from : « Prince Zaleski » by M.P. Shiel
- In truth, it was so; heavy with the weariness caused by carking care.
- Extract from : « Verner's Pride » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- It was just something—a sense of the carking hanging over life, and now and then turning to a real mischance or a heartache.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
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