caird
Americannoun
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a traveling tinker, especially a Romani.
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a wandering tramp or vagrant.
noun
Etymology
Origin of caird
First recorded in 1655–65; from Scots Gaelic ceard “tinker”; akin to Latin cerdō “workman,” Greek kerdṓ “cunning one”
Example Sentences
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Th' caird swingin' ... think there's hauf a p'int....
From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.
But tho’ his little heart did grieve When round the tinkler prest her, He feign’d to snirtle in his sleeve, When thus the caird address’d her: AIR.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
But tho' his little heart did grieve When round the tinkler prest her, He feign'd to snirtle in his sleeve, When thus the caird address'd her: Air Tune—"Clout the Cauldron."
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
When I got atower i' the mornin', what is there sittin' on my chair but a great muckle shortie in a braw box, wi' a Christmas caird on the tap o't.
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
Only think of the beautiful Lady Cassilis who eloped with a belted knight, being reduced to the level of a hedge-tramper, and interchanging caresses with a caird!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 by Various
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