carlin
Britishnoun
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
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The hideous carlin and her three giant sons is also a common form in Celtic.
From Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
Then neist outspak a raucle carlin, Wha kent fu’ weel to cleek the sterling, For monie a pursie she had hooked, And had in mony a well been ducked.
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 Robert Burns
Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail: The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
It fell about the Martinmass, When nights are lang and mirk, The carlin wife’s three sons came hame, And their hats were o’ the birk.
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
Ae spring brought off her master hale, whole But left behind her ain gray tail: The carlin caught her by the rump, clutched And left poor Maggie scarce a stump.
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson
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