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carles

carles is the plural of carle.

Meaning of carle

Noun

carle (plural carles)

  1. (Scotland) peasant; fellow
    • Eh, Mr Henry! but the carle gae him a screed o' doctrine! Ye might hae heard him a mile down the wind—He routed like a cow in a fremd loaning.1816, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter I, in Tales of My Landlord, […], volume III (Old Mortality), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for William Blackwood, […]...

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What is carles the plural of?
Carles is the plural of carle.

Words near carles in the dictionary

  1. Carlee
  2. Carleigh
  3. Carlen
  4. Carlene
  5. Carlens
  6. carles
  7. carless
  8. carlessness
  9. Carleton
  10. Carleton County
  11. Carleton-in-Craven

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