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carlines

noun

variants or carlins
plural of carline, chiefly Scottish
as in hags
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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  1. hags
  2. witches
Noun
  • The island village is beset by sea hags, serial killers, creepy clowns and other evils that interfere with Tom’s dream of turning Widow’s Bay into a Martha’s Vineyard-like tourist destination.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 17 June 2026
  • Martha’s Vineyard also has knife-wielding men in masks and creepy sea hags!
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Definition of hags
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  • Bier, Warners, and even Kidman and Bullock (who serve as producers) certainly didn’t expect their sister witches to seriously contend with a behemoth IP like Spider-Man.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2026
  • In order to meet 2026’s nostalgia quota, here’s a 28-years-later followup to the cult flop about margarita-loving sister witches starring Bullock and Nicole Kidman.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of witches
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“Carlines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carlines. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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