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English
Etymology
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Noun
carrick (plural carricks)
- Alternative spelling of carrack
- (nonce word) A greatcoat.
- c. 1948, Vladimir Nabokov, "Lecture on The Metamorphosis" (reprinted in Lectures on Literature, 1980)
- A poor man is robbed of his overcoat (Gogol's "The Greatcoat," or more correctly "The Carrick")
Derived terms
Translations
(nonce word) greatcoat
- Russian: please add this translation if you can
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French
Etymology
The original sense was "carriage," itself adapted from English curricle.
Pronunciation
Noun
carrick m (plural carricks)
- heavy overcoat
Further reading
Manx
Etymology
From Middle Irish carrac (“rock, large stone”) (compare modern Irish carraig), borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *karreg, from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).
Noun
carrick f (genitive singular carree)
- rock
Derived terms
Mutation
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