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
  • And nor are any of the spooky figures, which range from 1950s housewives to toothless hags.
    The Week, TheWeek, 7 May 2026
  • Ah, the famous and epic love between an up-and-coming designer and his hag.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
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  • Released in 1993, Hocus Pocus is set on a Halloween Night when three 17th century witches — Winnie (Midler), Sarah (Parker), and Mary (Najimy) — are resurrected in Salem, Massachusetts, hundreds of years after their heyday.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 6 May 2026
  • What sound does the engine of a witch’s vehicle make?
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026

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“Carline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carline. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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