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Dirk vs Birk - What's the difference?

dirk | birk |

As a proper noun dirk

is of german and dutch origin, cognate to derek.

As a noun birk is

(northern english) a birch tree cognate with scots birk.

dirk

English

(wikipedia dirk)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.
  • * 1883 ,
    • In half a minute he had reached the port scuppers, and picked, out of a coil of rope, a long knife, or rather a short dirk , discolored to the hilt with blood.
  • (US, Midwest, dated, slang) A penis; dork.
  • * May 1964 , Lawrence Poston, "Some Problems in the Study of Campus Slang", American Speech volume 39, issue 2
    • The word dick'' itself serves as model for two variants which are probably Midwestern, ''dirk'' and ''dork , also meaning "penis"...
  • (US, Midwest, dated, slang) A socially unacceptable person; an oddball.
  • * May 1964 , Lawrence Poston, "Some Problems in the Study of Campus Slang", American Speech volume 39, issue 2
    • ...on at least one Midwestern campus a dirk'' may be an "oddball" student, while a ''prick (more common) is of course an offensive one.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stab with a dirk.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)
  • (obsolete) To darken.
    • (Spenser)
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    birk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Northern English) A birch tree. Cognate with Scots birk.
    • (rfdate) The silver birk . - .
  • A small European minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus ).
  • (British, slang)

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