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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1629
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(Jirk,) Girke, n. [e.m.E. girke, jerke (c 1550), also v., appar. echoic. Cf. Jirt n.] A smart blow. —1629 Boyd Last B. 1216.
Let me giue him a girke with my rodde
