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"bark" Definition

  1. an Irish person of either sex. From this term, much in use among the London lower orders, but for which no etymology can be found, Ireland is now and then playfully called Barkshire.

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Position in the dictionary: 103 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: barker, barking-iron, barn stormers, barnacles, barney, barrikin, bash, baste, bastile, bat
Previous words in the dictionary: barge, barber’s clerk, barber’s cat, bar, banyan-day, bantling, bank, bang-up, bang, bandy

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