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- adjective UK, Australia, slang
Irritated , in a bad mood;disparaging .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He's a narky sod, too, as he frequently demonstrates, kicking the turf and memorably riling Mitchell Johnson.
How Jimmy Anderson went from water carrier to leader of the pack | Rob Bagchi 2011
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The intrusion of the author is part of the book's narky undertow.
La carte et le territoire by Michel Houellebecq – review George Walden 2010
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When I was down at Aireys Inlet with the Darklings for our writing retreat, I told them about that mean man who said something narky after the meme thing I did, and out of that came a conversation about the value of knowing 25 random things about the characters in our manuscripts.
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"Here we go," he says, looking at his mates, and suddenly sounding narky.
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Its obviously fun for some people to see what sec code they get but it freaks me out ever since I gave NT one of my characteristic serves and then the next time I logged in I got one that says “narky”.
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Alaric got a bit annoyed at how long we took to leave becuase of the guinea pigs - I didn't know weather to be sympathetic or laugh when he got narky about it :/
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Seems like the cops got pissed because the Prof was a bit narky.
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And there's a special layer for those who treat books badly, and narky editors and publishers who publish Dan Brown.
gillpolack: Today I am full of interesting stuff. T gillpolack 2009
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Brown gets narky: nothing irritates him more than the sound of soft but universal derision.
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Brown gets narky: nothing irritates him more than the sound of soft but universal derision.
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