Wife-carl

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cot-quean. obsolete

    "A niggardly curmudgeon, a wife-carl, counts the cakes as they are baking, keeps the keys of the pantry, eats out of his pocket,"

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"A niggardly curmudgeon, a wife-carl, counts the cakes as they are baking, keeps the keys of the pantry, eats out of his pocket,"

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