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▪ I. parky, a.1|ˈpɑːkɪ|
[f. as prec. + -y.]
Of the nature of a park, or abounding in parks.
1831M. Edgeworth Let. 11 Apr. (1971) 517 We came to a beautiful parky place where Dr. Fitton flourishes for the summer. 1850Tait's Mag. XVII. 613/1 Some of the parky purlieus of London. 1955R. P. Hobson Nothing too Good for Cowboy v. 43 Cow tracks fanned out through the parky poplar country leaving a messy swath many yards wide. 1973R. D. Symons Where Wagon Led iii. x. 181 The country around Turtleford was parky, with aspen bluffs and just the odd spruce.
▪ II. parky, a.2 slang.
Cold, chilly.
1895Sporting Times 9 Feb. 1/4 A toff came and ordered a pint of hot, As he said that the weather was parkey. 1898Pink 'un & Pelican 273 (Farmer), ‘Morning William; cold s'morning?’..‘It is a bit parky’, assented William. 1900G. Swift Somerley 109 Oh! stars! this water is parky. 1916‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin xi. 191 'Strewth!..it's a bit parky, ain't it? 1969J. Clarke Foxon's Hole xxv. 153 Gawaine ventured to say that it was a fine day... ‘Ah. Parky, though. Shouldn't wunner if we 'ad a bit o' snow.’ 1970Kenya Farmer Feb. 36/3 All our visitors seem to labour under the delusion that it should be warm and sunny all twenty four hours... They are utterly demoralised by our parky nights on the farm. 1975T. Heald Deadline v. 99 ‘Cold isn't it?’ ‘Pretty parky.’
▪ III. parky
see parkie. |