marla

See also: Marla

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Irish.

Noun

marla (uncountable)

1. (Ireland) Plasticine; modelling clay.
   • 1996, Thomas Kinsella, Model School, Inchicore, Collected Poems, 1956-1994, page 229,

     Miss Carney handed us out blank paper and marla,

     old plasticine with the colours

     all rolled together into brown.

   • 1997, Catherine Dunne, In the Beginning, page 107,

     As she sits and plays with Damien, she feels her legs start to tremble from the effort. Her knees seem to disappear.

     Plasticine legs, she says to Damien. Old marla legs.

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

• mala, maala

Noun

marla (plural marlas)

1. (Australia) The rufous hare-wallaby, , a small desert marsupial of Australia.

See also

• rufous hare-wallaby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• LRAAM, Lamar, alarm, malar, ramal