Larker¹

[f. LARK sb.¹ + -ER¹.] One whose occupation it is to catch larks.

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1634. A. Warwick, Spare Min. (1637), 68. When I see the Larker’s day net spread out in a faire morning.

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1766. Pennant, Zool. (1768), II. 235. When the weather grows gloomy the larker changes his engine.

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1789. G. White, Selborne, xxvii. (1853), 108. The larkers in dragging their nets by night frequently catch them [fieldfares] in the wheat-stubbles.

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