variants or carlin
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
  • Our conjure drives the cinematic imagination of Americans like the hags who ride our backs during our darkest nightmares.
    Essence, Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Rather than hang out with the two old hags, Cherry decides to try her luck on the stand-up paddleboards with Brigitte and Daniel, but quickly loses her balance.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This sighting comes six days after Lawrence kicked off her Halloween celebrations early in New York, where she was spotted strolling around in a black witch hat.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 1 Nov. 2025
  • While the women accused in the infamous Salem witch trials in colonial America have long since been pardoned, the convictions of hundreds of British women executed under similar laws officially still stand.
    James Frater, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025

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“Carline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carline. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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