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How to use carman in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Carman means a person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart. Example: “Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.”

Examples of carman by meaning

nounA person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart.

  • Nine main depots and a number of sub-depots are involved and the carmen, after leaving their depots, were entirely under a controller's instructions.1944 November and December, T. F. Cameron, “Motor and Cartage Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 337
  • In this book, journalist and researcher Christer Holmgren explains why the murders were never cleared up and names the East End carman Charles Lechmere as the culprit behind both series of murders.2021, Christer Holmgren, Cutting Point: Solving the Jack the Ripper and the Thames Torso Murders
  • The witnesses for the day; two Inspector plods, the peeler who’d been patrolling Baker’s Row when informed of the murder; Charles Cross, the carman who’d done the telling after discovering Nichols dead; William Nichols, the slag’s grieving husband, and others.2022, Doug Lamoreux, Saucy Jacky: The Whitechapel Murders as told by Jack the Ripper

More sentences with carman

  • Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.From the entry layman
  • Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a laywoman.From the entry laywoman
  • Carmen gave her a toothy grin and binked her on the nose with a forefinger.2014, Hannah Alexander, Collateral Damage, page 188. From the entry bink
  • Carmen was maid of honor and Laura was a bride’s maid.2012 January 13, Carolyn Robinson Sommers, Betrayed by Destiny, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 357. From the entry bride's maid
  • We have all-day Kensingtons, then we serve dinner and supper to the carmen.1922 November, “Loyal Star Department: Cedar Rapids, Iowa”, in Railway Carmen's Journal, volume 27, number 11, Kansas City: Brotherhood of…. From the entry kensington
  • Carmen is an official gold digger.2005, Jr. Aaron Bryant, Cupid Is Stupid, page 19. From the entry clock
  • Carman against the executors of the will of John Wightman to recover the amount due upon a mortgage, and counterclaim by defendants against R.1907, The Ontario Weekly Reporter and Index-digest, volume 8, page 572. From the entry malinvestment
  • The occupations of waterside work, costermongery, basketmaking, paper-bag making, of carman and puller-down, fish hawker, and such like, belong to the very humble walks of life.1905, Alexander Hay Tod, Charterhouse, page 226. From the entry costermongery

Meaning of carman

  1. noun A person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart.

Full definition of carman

Questions about carman in a sentence

How do you use carman in a sentence?
Carman is used as a noun. For example: “Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.”
What is a short sentence with carman?
“Carmen is an official gold digger.”
What does carman mean?
Carman means a person who transported goods, usually with a horse and cart.

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