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Firk

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v. t.1.To beat; to strike; to chastise.
I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him.
- Shak.
v. i.1.To fly out; to turn out; to go off.
A wench is a rare bait, with which a man
No sooner's taken but he straight firks mad.B.Jonson.
n.1.A freak; trick; quirk.


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Both of these instances of grammatically correct Dutch are not so complex as to cause confusion in the English audience, though Firk does enjoy mocking his Dutch comrade in his absence, joking with Margery and Hodge, "Yaw heb veale gedrunck, quotha
Staging Domesticity provides a map for reading that could illuminate other Renaissance texts as well: Rabelais, for example, whose battle of the chitterlings versus Lent is marvelous "kitchen stuff"; Cervantes, whose hero, like Dekker's apprentice shoemaker Firk, has visions of animated comestibles marching to heroic encounters; European epic in general, which variously represents women's magical potions and promises of bodily cure as challenges to masculine identity and national projects.
Byline: KEVIN McALLION LIVINGSTON spared blundering Nick Culkin's blushes as they came from behind to end Well's Firk Park renaissance.
 
 
 
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