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Carrick
name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Irish.
- 2 A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- 3 A census-designated place in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
- 4 A former local government district of Cornwall, England, named after the fjord-like Carrick Roads estuary; it was abolished on 31 March 2009.
- 5 A rocky coastal district now in in South Ayrshire, Scotland and part of the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Scottish Parliament constituency and the eponymous UK Parliament constituency.
"(describing a siren seen in a group of otherwise decrepit old witches dancing) There was ae winsome wench and waulie / That night enlisted in the core, / Lang after ken'd on Carrick shore; / (For mony a beast to dead she shot, / And perish'd mony a bonie boat, ...)"
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- 6 A locality in the Goulburn Mulwaree council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- 7 A locality in Meander Valley council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
- 8 A Scottish earldom bestowed on the heir apparent to the reigning monarchs first of Scotland (since Robert the Bruce in 1292) and later of the United Kingdom.
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of carrack. alt-of, alternative
- 2 A greatcoat. nonce-word
"[…] here there was little hairy Pushkin in a fur carrick, and ratlike Gogol in a flamboyant waistcoat, and old little Tolstoy with his fat nose […]"
Etymology
Anglicised version of Irish carraig, Scottish Gaelic carraig or Cornish karrek, all meaning rock. Doublet of Craig.
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