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Sarkese, n. and a.|sɑːˈkiːz|
[f. the place-name Sark (see below) + -ese.]
A. n.
a. collect. Also Sarkees. The inhabitants of the Channel Island of Sark.
b. The language of Sark, a variety of Norman French.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Sark.
1845G. W. James Sark Guide vii. 78 Most of the Sarkese now manufacture their own lobster pots... The Sarkese certainly love money even to a fault. 1882D. F. S. Channel Islands 77 The kind-hearted Sarkese thought the sentence too severe... The good Sarkese women kept her company. 1928L. E. Hale tr. J. L. V. Cachemaille's Island of Sark 105 This..harbour..has a history of its own, interesting to the Sarkese, and also to the tourist. 1935E. Platt Sark as I found It iv. 29 The Sarkees adore litigation. 1957Sunday Times 10 Feb. 3/8 The debates in the Parlement are conducted in Sarkese which is apparently a slightly modernised version of Ancient Norman. 1958J. W. Day Lady Houston ix. 127 No other race of people but the Sarkese speak it [sc. ‘Norman-French’] today. 1965‘J. Christopher’ Wrinkle in Skin vi. 71 He had been one of the Sarkees engaged in the carriage business. 1978Times Lit. Suppl. 26 May 572/5 Some of the Sarkese still reproach her with fraternization with the Germans. |