chark

[chahrk]

chark

[chahrk]
noun British Dialect.
1.
charcoal (def. 1).
2.
coke1.
verb (used with object)
3.
to char; convert into coke.

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Chark is one of our favorite verbs.
So is peculate. Does it mean:
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

Origin:
1485–95; earlier charke cole, back formation from charcoal
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