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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

CARLIE, n.2 In combs.: Carlie(s') Fair, — market (see quots.).Ags.9 1927:
Carlies' Fair. A fair held at Laurencekirk annually on the last Wednesday of March, at which married ploughmen are engaged for the year.Ags.1 1935:
Carlie market. A market held annually in Brechin for the engagement of married farm-servants only.

[O.N. has karl, a married man (Falk and Torp). See also etym. note to Carle, n.1]

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