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See also: Carlin
English[edit]
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Noun[edit]
carlin (plural carlins)
- Alternative form of carline (“old woman”)
- 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, act 1:
- The bedrid carlins, too, and orphan brats,
Come all on me, through his petitioning;
- Alternative form of carling
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Carlin, nickname of Italian actor Carlo Bestinazzi (1713-1783) whose Harlequin mask was humorously compared to the dog's nose.
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Noun[edit]
carlin m (plural carlins)
- pug (dog)
Further reading[edit]
- “carlin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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