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kirk
UK /kɜːk/ US /kɜɹk/
name 5noun 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
far-right, last, same, sloppy
VERB + KIRK
gang, get, kill, killed, part, sang
KIRK + NOUN
douglas, folk, song
PREP.
in, on, since
ADV.
readily
Definitions
noun
1
A church.
When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her.
But long, long ago an enthusiastic reporter called it a "fairy palace," and the office building on the west side was once a church. Hence, in North British phraseology, to "gang tae the Kirk" meant to be had up on the carpet.
name
1
The Church of Scotland.
I suspect that members of the Church of Scotland who stop going, stop thinking of themselves as part of the Kirk much more readily.
2
A habitational surname from Middle English.
One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation.
It had been 2,836 days since Chris Kirk last won on the PGA Tour. Yet after securing his first victory in over seven years on Sunday, that was not the first milestone the American golfer had on his mind.
3
A male given name transferred from the surname.
President Joe Biden sent a heartfelt letter to ESPN “College GameDay” football analyst Kirk Herbstreit after his adored golden retriever, Ben, died of cancer last month.
4
Numerous places:
5
Numerous places:
noun
1
Fellatio.
I wanna get some sloppy kirk to this song
do you guys think donnie was giving him insane kirk here or was it just mid
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When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her
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But long, long ago an enthusiastic reporter called it a "fairy palace," and the office building on the west side was once a church. Hence, in North British phraseology, to "gang tae the Kirk" meant to
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I suspect that members of the Church of Scotland who stop going, stop thinking of themselves as part of the Kirk much more readily.
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One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mar
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It had been 2,836 days since Chris Kirk last won on the PGA Tour. Yet after securing his first victory in over seven years on Sunday, that was not the first milestone the American golfer had on his mi
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I wanna get some sloppy kirk to this song
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