carle
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a variation of
carl.
carl
Example Sentences
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This being done—"Richard Blackwell and Sophia Cochrane," added the carle, with an air o' mock solemnity, "I proclaim you husband and wife."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
My uncle, a gruff and worldly-minded, but shrewd carle, arranged and managed everything, and took me home with him, the day after the double funeral.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various
Said the carle: "We have come the shortest way this bitter morning; that is all."
From The Sundering Flood by May Morris
"Well then," said the carle with a grin, "suffer me to carry thy bag."
From The Sundering Flood by May Morris
So the carle goes his ways alone, and will be one night at Bullmeads and two at Eastcheaping, and then another at Bullmeads, and be back on the fifth day.
From The Sundering Flood by May Morris