malarky
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See also: Malarky
Noun
malarky (countable and uncountable, plural malarkies)
- Alternative spelling of malarkey
- 1968, Margery Allingham, “The String Man”, in Cargo of Eagles, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC; republished London: Vintage, 2016, →ISBN, page 91:
- 'Smuggling,' she said. 'has a fine romantic ring about it—once aboard the lugger, you heave ho and all that kind of malarky. [...]'
- 1983 August, Alan Moore, David Lloyd, illustrator, “V for Vendetta: This Vicious Cabaret”, in Dez Skinn, editor, Warrior, number 12, London: Quality Communications, →OCLC, pages 92–93; quoted in Lance Parkin, Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore, London: Aurum Press, 2013, →ISBN, page 196:
- There's mischiefs and malarkies / But no queers, or yids, or darkies. / Within this bastard's carnival, / This vicious cabaret!
- 1993, Richard Barry, “Budgeting”, in The Management of International Oil Operations, Tulsa, Ok.: PennWell Books, →ISBN, page 331:
- A company that makes a fetish of never exceeding the budget invites game-playing and other malarky. It is easy to forget the obvious: that it involves no skill to come in on time and under budget if the schedule and budget are generous enough.
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