carle
- a variation of carl.
Example Sentences
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An' gin there had been a third he wad hae been there too, for he's a grim auld carle, baith gash an' steeve, wi' his Bible an' his brass-muntit pistols an' his Effectual Callin'!
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
But Hobby was a far-seeing carle and a plain-spoken.
From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
"What services in a' the world can ye render, auld carle?" says I. "I'm the man that marries the folk," says he; "my name's Peter Moodie."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
Quoth the carle: "It is down in this ghyll that my master promised to abide me."
From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May
"Well then," said the carle with a grin, "suffer me to carry thy bag."
From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May
