sark

sark Definition

sark (särk)

noun

Scot. a shirt or chemise

Etymology: ME serke < OE serc & ON serkr

sark Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

cutty: She was wearing nothing but a " cutty sark " , a short shirt or chemise made of Paisley linen.

Noun used with modifier

strippit: I gaed tae the claes shoap tae buy a strippit sark, I wis tryin it on when the haill place gaed dark.

sark Quotes

Now Sark rins o'er the Solway sands, An' Tweed rins to the ocean, To mark where England's province stands, Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!

—Burns, Robert

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