Meanings
darg1
plural dargs · alternative dawerk · alternative dawark · alternative daurk · alternative daark · alternative dark · alternative darrak · alternative darroch · alternative dargue · alternative daurg
darg2
plural dargs
- dialectalinformalInformal form of dog.
Hall had stood gaping. "He wuz bit," said Hall. "I’d better go and see to en," and he trotted after the stranger. He met Mrs. Hall in the passage. "Carrier’s darg," he said "bit en."
1897, Herbert George Wells, chapter III, in The Invisible Man
Origin
darg · noun
First attested in late Middle English; a syncopic form of daywork, developed through the series of forms: daywork → daywerk → daywark → dawark → *da’ark → dark → darg.
Full word history & related roots →darg · noun
The ŏ of dog (dŏg) has merged with ä in many American dialects.
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darg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/darg
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