knarkn.
/nɑːk/ slang.
A hard-hearted, unfeeling person.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > hard-hearted person > [noun]
hard heartOE
knark1851
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > callousness or hard-heartedness > person
niggard1790
iron woman1832
knark1851
Gradgrind1855
iron man1860
Snopes1962
society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer > police informer
setter1630
nose1789
mouchard1802
rat1818
stool-pigeon1830
knark1851
police informer1851
nark1859
telegraph1864
copper1885
sarbut1897
Noah's Ark1898
stool1906
snout1910
finger1914
policeman1923
stoolie1924
shelf1926
grass1929
grasshopper1937
grasser1950
stukach1969
supergrass1975
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 315/1 He was a good man; he couldn't refuse a dog,..but he had a butler, a regular ‘knark’.
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