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Park

[pahrk]
–noun
1. Mun⋅go [muhng-goh] , 1771–1806?, Scottish explorer in Africa.
2. Robert E., 1864–1944, U.S. sociologist.
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Park   (pärk)   
Scottish explorer in Africa known for his expeditions on the Niger River (1795-1796 and 1805).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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park

  1. in.
    to neckor to make love, especially in a parked car. : They still park, but they don't have a name for it anymore.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

park  (v.)
1812, "to arrange military vehicles in a park," from park (n.) (q.v.) in a limited sense of "enclosure for military vehicles" (attested from 1683). General non-military meaning "to put (a vehicle) in a certain place" is first recorded 1844. Parking lot is from 1924; parking ticket first attested 1947; park-and-ride is from 1966. The transmission gear (n.) is attested from 1963.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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