Green’s Dictionary of Slang

kirk n.1

[ext. use of Scot. kirk]

(UK/US Und.) a church; also attrib.

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[Aus]Vaux Vocab. of the Flash Lang. in McLachlan (1964) 248: kirk a church or chapel.
[UK]Leaves from Diary of Celebrated Burglar 6/1: The ‘guns’, in different ‘mobs,’ set out to ‘graft the kirks,’ one ‘mob’ working the old church at the foot of Kingate, and Hutchinson’s ‘mob’ taking Park street [...] for their ‘beat’.
[UK]Bird o’ Freedom 15 Jan. 1/4: Who did I promise that I would / Attend the kirk, and be so good.
[UK]Sporting Times 14 Apr. 2/2: A sad subdued reverent feeling stole over the cogitator, which rendered a subsequent visit to the kirkyard a matter of absolute necessity.
[US]‘Number 1500’ Life In Sing Sing 250: Kirk. A church.
[UK]‘Doss Chiderdoss’ ‘Guid Advice’ Sporting Times 2 July 1/4: Your doings are distasteful to the elders o’ the kirk.

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