rark-up
v. phr.— «There’s just one thing that stops me from giving slimy John a total rark-up over this incident…results!» —“This Innes Bui’ness!” by Bill Taylor in New Zealand Usenet: rec.sport.rugby.union Feb. 9, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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