lerky
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ki
Noun[edit]
lerky (uncountable)
- (UK, Nottinghamshire) A variation of the kick the can game.
- 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 4”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
- She raced wildly at lerky with the other young wild-cats of the Bottoms.