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adjectiveparkiest, parkier ˈpɑːkiˈpɑrki British informal Chilly. it was parky on Bradfield Moors last week Example sentencesExamples - If you think it's been a bit parky outside this week spare a thought for David Maxfield, for whom freezing point would be positively balmy.
- Well it's a little parky in the kitchen today, so I decided to warm the oven up so I could put the rising dough in a bowl on top of the stove to give it the little kick it needed.
- Never mind, a long-since abandoned unofficial page for the Magyar Borsodi League links straight to a Hungarian recipe for goose liver cooked in paprika - just the thing to keep your pecker up on a parky afternoon at Haladas Szombathely.
- Given Antarctic wastes to cross at temperatures stooping to a parky minus 75 degrees celsius, the Japanese South Pole Observation Team wouldn't dream of packing their boots into the back of anything else.
- ‘Mornings can be a bit parky.’ was what the old guy said, and gestured him to go out first.
Synonyms cold, chilly, cool, crisp, fresh, brisk
Origin Late 19th century: of unknown origin. Rhymes Iraqi, Kawasaki, khaki, larky, malarkey, menarche, Nagasaki, narky, raki, saké, saki, sarky, souvlaki, sparky, sukiyaki, teriyaki noun variant spelling of parkie adjectiveˈpärkēˈpɑrki British informal Chilly. it was parky on Bradfield Moors last week Example sentencesExamples - If you think it's been a bit parky outside this week spare a thought for David Maxfield, for whom freezing point would be positively balmy.
- Well it's a little parky in the kitchen today, so I decided to warm the oven up so I could put the rising dough in a bowl on top of the stove to give it the little kick it needed.
- ‘Mornings can be a bit parky.’ was what the old guy said, and gestured him to go out first.
- Never mind, a long-since abandoned unofficial page for the Magyar Borsodi League links straight to a Hungarian recipe for goose liver cooked in paprika - just the thing to keep your pecker up on a parky afternoon at Haladas Szombathely.
- Given Antarctic wastes to cross at temperatures stooping to a parky minus 75 degrees celsius, the Japanese South Pole Observation Team wouldn't dream of packing their boots into the back of anything else.
Synonyms cold, chilly, cool, crisp, fresh, brisk
Origin Late 19th century: of unknown origin. noun variant spelling of parkie |