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skylarker

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sky⋅lark

  [skahy-lahrk]
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–noun
1. a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
–verb (used without object)
2. to frolic; sport: The children were skylarking on the beach.
Origin:
1680–90; sky + lark 1

Related forms:
skylarker, noun
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Word Origin & History

skylark  (n.)
the common European lark, 1686, from sky + lark. The verb meaning "to frolic or play" is recorded from 1809, originally nautical, in ref. to "wanton play about the rigging, and tops."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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