Lurkish

"Lurkish" in a Sentence (3 examples)

They love no idle bench-whistlers nor lurkish faitors; for yoong and old are wholly addicted to thrieing the men commonlie to traffike, the women to spinning and carding.

Would God (I say) that the holy house were not pestered at this day with such hypocrites and damnable sort of lurkish, loitering lubbers, who (notwithstanding their great blockishness their palpable ignorance and extreme want of learning) […]

Those who are lurkish, are open to the attacks of every ingenious scoundrel whose art will not alarm their indolence.

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