Carr

[kahr]

noun

1. John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.

carr

/ kɑː /

noun

1. an area of bog or fen in which scrub, esp willow, has become established

Word History and Origins

Origin of carr¹

C15: from Old Norse

Example Sentences

She was unimpressed to be bumped off by Carr, who is her friend - or so she thought.

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The problem, he adds, is that it can also be used in an "exploitative way", as anyone who tuned in this week to find current Celebrity Traitors Alan Carr, Cat Burns and Jonathan Ross scheming so splendlidly will testify.

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"Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross are very used to interviewing people," he says.

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She feels Carr's repuatation as a bubbly, chatty man has been "weaponised" to enable him to get away with murdering his mate in plain sight.

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For the first, it was Alan Carr in the kitchen with the poisoned lily.

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