Carrow

//ˈkæɹəʊ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A gambler in Ireland. obsolete

    "Did you blame me even now for wishing of Kern Horse-Boys and Carrows to be clean cut off , as too violent a means; and do you yourself now prescribe the same Medicine?"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

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"Did you blame me even now for wishing of Kern Horse-Boys and Carrows to be clean cut off , as too violent a means; and do you yourself now prescribe the same Medicine?"

Etymology

From Irish cearrbhach; compare Scottish Gaelic cearrach, from ceàrrbhag (“the left hand”), from ceàrr (“left”).

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