carney

[ kahr-nee ]

noun, adjectiveplural car·neys,
  1. a variant of carny.

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How to use carney in a sentence

  • Elvira carney, hanging towels across the back fence, saw her coming and went toward the gate to meet her.

    A Girl Of The Limberlost | Gene Stratton Porter
  • On going back again to the wards, I am glad to find that carney's wife has come in the evening train.

  • Poor Teddy fled out of the lee door, and up into the main rigging just as carney burst in.

    The Log of a Sea-Waif | Frank T. Bullen
  • Fifty yards down the street carney dumped his burden into a deep puddle, and with a ringing cry of defiance sped away.

    Bulldog Carney | W. A. Fraser
  • carney cut down the bush-road that wound its sinuous way to the river flat, some two hundred feet below the town level.

    Bulldog Carney | W. A. Fraser