| 单词 |
carrow |
| 释义 |
† ˈcarrow Obs. [Ir. cerrbach (mod. spelling cearrbhach) gambler. See O'Donovan's Tribes and Customs of Hy Many, 104, 122, where other Anglo-Irish spellings are given.] (See quots.)
1577–87Holinshed Chron. I. 45/1 A brotherhood of karrowes, that proffer to plaie at cards all the yeare long. 1596Spenser State Irel. Wks. (1862) 527/1 There is another..much more lewd and dishonest, and that is, of their Carrows, which is a kinde of people that wander up and downe to Gentle-mens houses, living onely upon cardes and dice. 1829Scott Antiq. Introd. 8 In the character of the Irish itinerant gambler, called in that country a carrow. |

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