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noun
1.
a dagger, especially of the Scottish Highlands.
verb (used with object)
2.
to stab with a dirk.
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Dirk
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Origin:
1595–1605; orig. Scots; of obscure etymology
1595–1605; orig. Scots; of obscure etymology
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Word Origin & History
dirk
c.1600, probably from Dirk, the proper name, which was used in Scandinavian for "a picklock." Earliest association is with Highlanders, but there seems to be no such word in Gaelic, where the proper name is biodag.
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