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carkings

carkings is the plural of carking.

Meaning of carking

Noun

carking (plural carkings)

  1. (archaic) Wearying; distress.
    • What anxious cares and carkings have gnaw'd thy Breast, when Ravens and dumb Creatures have committed themselves to God's Wisdom and Goodness?1705, Anthony Horneck, The Crucified Jesus, page 419

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Questions about carkings

What is carkings the plural of?
Carkings is the plural of carking.

Words near carkings in the dictionary

  1. carkeys
  2. carkeyses
  3. carking
  4. carking it
  5. carkingly
  6. carkings
  7. carkoi
  8. carks
  9. carks it
  10. carky
  11. carl

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