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nark
1[ nahrk ]
noun
- British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- Australian Slang. an annoying person.
verb (used without object)
- British Slang. to act as a police informer or stool pigeon.
- Australian Slang. to become annoyed.
nark
2[ nahrk ]
noun
- a variant of narc ( def ).
nark
/ nɑːk /
noun
- an informer or spy, esp one working for the police ( copper's nark )
- a person who complains irritatingly
an old nark
- a spoilsport
verb
- to annoy, upset, or irritate
he was narked by her indifference
- intr to inform or spy, esp for the police
- intr to complain irritatingly
- nark at someonenark at someone to nag someone
- nark itnark it stop it!
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Example Sentences
That the "nark," with his mean tricks, is a nuisance to wandering beggars is seen in a very short time.
All true wanderers hate him; even the drunken, domineering grinder is treated with civility in a house where beggars see a "nark."
Another "nark" was a drunken drover, who left a saucepan on the fire while he went out for a drink.
By the way, the sight of a pepper-box in a lodging-house kitchen is always a sure sign that the man behind it is a "nark."
Moreover, a few strokes more would interpose the strange sub chaser between her and the Nark, and whoever was aboard would escape.
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