carlin

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ)lɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lɪn

carlin (plural carlins)

1. Alternative form of carline (“old woman”).

   Synonyms: hag, crone

   • 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, act 1:

     The bedrid carlins, too, and orphan brats,
     Come all on me, through his petitioning;

2. Alternative form of carling.

• -carnil, crinal

Probably from Carlin, nickname of Italian actor Carlo Bestinazzi (1713-1783) whose Harlequin mask was humorously compared to the dog's nose.

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.lɛ̃/

carlin m (plural carlins)

1. pug (dog)

• “carlin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• larcin