dirk

as inweapon
as insword
as indagger

daggers

noun. knife

Word Origin & History

c.1600, perhaps from Dirk, the proper name, which was used in Scandinavian for "a picklock." But the earliest spellings were dork, durk (Johnson, 1755, seems to be responsible for the modern spelling), and the earliest association is with Highlanders, however there seems to be no such word in Gaelic, where the proper name is biodag. Another candidate is German dolch "dagger."

Example Sentences for dirk

Dirk surveyed her thoughtfully; he seemed to have no answer ready.

Then Dirk, the one brother, going astray almost as soon as he was born.

I've been scared about Dirk ever since; and now he won't go to Poke's!

"I think you may be able to do something, even for Dirk Colson," he said.

A thing which Dirk hated, in common with all persons of his class.

It is in the very biggest hall in this city, and Dirk he says I am to go.

This was the thought: Suppose Dirk Colson should want to take his sister.

A dozen times on the way home had Dirk been on the point of consigning it to the gutter.

I say, Dirk, what do you s'pose all that yarn means about to-morrow night?

Poor Dirk, you will remember, if he had thought of it, had no comb with which to experiment.

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Synonyms for dirk

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Synonyms for dirk

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