carlin

British  

/ ˈkɑːlɪn /

noun

1. another name for pug 1

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Etymology

Origin of carlin

C18: named after a French actor who played Harlequin, because of the resemblance of the dog's face to the black mask of the Harlequin

Example Sentences

"Call it archbishop: it deserves the name better than the carlin we have now in Lund," roared Count Jacob.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

The devil an ancient carlin duenna in an old romance ever observed so sharp a look-out for the safety of her ward.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various

They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, When word came to the carlin wife, That her sons she’d never see.

From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank

That auld capricious carlin, Nature, To mak amends for scrimpit stature, She’s turn’d you aff, a human creature On her first plan; And in her freaks, on every feature She’s wrote, the Man.

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

"Crookit carlin," quo' the cripple to his wife.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander