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Word USED On Occasion BY Older Generations
(n.) • Coins or loose change. Reference to coins being small pieces of metal, like shrapnel.
"Have you got enough shrapnel for the parking meter?"
Submitted August 2020 by calanthe
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Slang USED Very frequently BY Everyone
Australian English: informal, "how are you?". Abbreviation of "How is it going?"
" 'sitgoin Bob?" "Mate, my car's carked it." "Mate."
"How are you, Bob?" "My car has died." "I'm sorry."
