2. Noun. (plural of carnie) ¹
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Definition of Carnies
1. carnie [n] - See also: carnie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carnies
Literary usage of Carnies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Romances of the French Revolution: From the French of G. Lenôtre [pseud.] by G. Lenotre (1908)
"An hour later the Deputy was shut up in the carnies prison in the Rue de Vaugirard.
... The prison—or, as it was called, the carnies barracks— was full to ..."
2. Hermes by Ernst Willibald Emil Hübner, Georg Kaibel, Carl Robert, Friedrich Leo, Georg Wissowa (1873)
"Die Abbildung bei Fea (Fasti S. XXVIII T. III) zeigt über der ersten Zeile freien
Raum, dann einen vorspringenden Rand oder carnies. ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1894)
"carnies, what can ‘e say to that now?” Wild triumph, fierce dejection, yearning
to fight it out prevailed; every man's head was out of the government of his ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Irrigation and Water Rights: And the Arid Region by Clesson Selwyne Kinney (1912)
"... 2 way which carnies the water from the Morr. Min. Rep. 19, where it is held
mill, to the full extent of the grant- that the purchase of a water right ..."
5. Journal of a Cruise of the United States Schooner Dolphin Among the Islands by Hiram Paulding (1831)
"He received it, and after observing me for a moment, put his hand upon my arm
and remarked, now you and I will be high carnies. I sincerely reciprocated his ..."
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