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marlocks

marlocks is the plural of marlock.

Meaning of marlock

Noun (1)

marlock (plural marlocks)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) A prank; a practical joke.
    • Jack, my cousin, used to play off all sorts of marlocks with Terpsy; but she were werry good-tempered.1872, The Nautical Magazine, volume 41, page 227
  2. (dialectal, obsolete) A frolic.
  3. (dialectal, obsolete) A playful gesture.
  4. (dialectal, obsolete) A flirtatious glance.

Noun (2)

marlock (plural marlocks)

  1. (Australia) Any of various small eucalypts of southwest Australia.

Questions about marlocks

What is marlocks the plural of?
Marlocks is the plural of marlock.

Words near marlocks in the dictionary

  1. marllike
  2. Marllon
  3. Marlo
  4. Marlo Merrican
  5. marlock
  6. marlocks
  7. Marlon
  8. marloo
  9. marloos
  10. Marlos
  11. marlot

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