Topic: BIRDS
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Sense: 1,5
| Origin: | Old English lawerce |
| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | lark 'to play around' (19-21 centuries), perhaps from lake 'to play' (11-20 centuries) (from Old English lacan), or from LARK2 |
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lark1
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[countable]1HBB a small brown singing bird with long pointed wings [= skylark]
2 informal something that you do to amuse yourself or as a joke
3 used when you stop doing something or refuse to do something because it needs too much effort :
blow/sod/bugger etc that for a lark
British English spoken not polite• Paint the whole room? Sod that for a lark!
4 British English spoken used to describe an activity that you think is silly or difficult : Salad again? How long are you going to keep up this healthy eating lark?
Salad again? How long are you going to keep up this healthy eating lark?