Meaning lark
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lark"to play tricks, frolic," 1813; see lark (n.2). Related: Larked; larking.
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lark"spree, frolic, merry adventure," 1811, slang, of uncertain origin. Possibly a shortening of skylark (1809), sailors' slang for "play rough in the rigging of a ship" (larks we [..]
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larksongbird of the Old World, early 14c., earlier lauerche (c. 1200), from Old English lawerce (late Old English laferce), from Proto-Germanic *laiw(a)rikon (source also of Old Saxon lewerka, Frisian liu [..]
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larka small songbird. The same word also means a frolic
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larkTo see larks flying, denotes high aims and purposes through the attainment of which you will throw off selfishness and cultivate kindly graces of mind. To hear them singing as they fly, you will be very happy in a new change of abode, and business will flourish. To see them fall to the earth and singing as they fall, despairing gloom will overtake [..]
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larkA spree; a corruption of the Anglo-Saxon lác (play, fun). (See SKYLARK.)
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lark
as a byname or for a catcher and seller of larks.
shortened from Larkin, a medieval diminutive of Laurence.
occasionally transferred from the surnames.
from the lark bird.
* '''1989''' Faith Sull [..]
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larkFrom the English word for the type of songbird.
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