variants or carlin
Definition of carlinenext
chiefly Scottish
as in hag
a mean or ugly old woman there's no appeasing the auld carline who lives at the far end of the loch

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Recent Examples of carline Out of the roughly 500 carlines listed in the 2025 NHTSA dataset, each had at minimum 20% of their components imported from outside the U.S. and Canada. Need a break? Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
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Noun
  • The regulars fired at them with a booming 12-pounder that made the American boys lift their knees like old hags, trip and founder as tentacles of water dragged them under.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Is there a more ostentatious fat hag in America than Meghan McCain?
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
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  • Which might explain why McGlinchey is walking straight into the witch’s armpit with a smile on his face.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The grassroots campaign to get Madigan an Oscar nomination for her delicious portrayal of a youth-hungry witch proved successful.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026

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“Carline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carline. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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