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Definition of Caird
1. n. A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar.
Definition of Caird
1. Noun. (UK dialect) A travelling tinker; a tramp, or sturdy beggar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caird
1. a gypsy [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caird
Literary usage of Caird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"CHORUS Donald caird 's come again ! Donald caird 's come again I Tell the news in
... Donald caird can drink a gill Fast as hostler-wife can fill; ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1818)
"Donald caird's come again! Donald caird's come again! Tell the news in burgh and
glen Donald caird's come again ! Donald caird can wire a ..."
3. English Lyrics: Chaucer to Poe, 1340-1809 by William Ernest Henley (1897)
"Donald caird ‘s come again! Tell the news in brugh and glen, Donald caird ‘s come
again! DONALD caird can lilt and sing, Blithely dance the Highland fling, ..."
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