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carlines

carlines is the plural of carline.

Meaning of carline

Noun (1)

carline (plural carlines)

  1. (Scotland) A woman; also, a hag or witch.
    • He taks a ſvvirlie, auld moſs-oak, / For ſome black, grouſome Carlin; […]1785 (date written), Robert Burns, “Halloween”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. […], 2nd edition, volume I, Edinburgh: […] T[homas] Cadell, […], and William Creech, […], published 1793...

Noun (2)

carline (plural carlines)

  1. A line of automobiles awaiting access to the same building or similar location.

Noun (3)

carline (plural carlines)

  1. Carline thistle (Carlina spp.).

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Proper noun capitalized: Carlines

Carlines

  1. (plural) plural of Carline

Questions about carlines

What is carlines the plural of?
Carlines is the plural of carline.
What part of speech is carlines?
Carlines is a proper noun.

Words near carlines in the dictionary

  1. Carlin peas
  2. Carlinda
  3. carline
  4. carline thistle
  5. carline thistles
  6. carlines
  7. Carlinesque
  8. carling
  9. Carling Sunday
  10. Carling Sundays
  11. Carlingford

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