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Definition of Carped
1. carp [v] - See also: carp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carped
Literary usage of Carped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by George Lyman Kittredge (1890)
"5 Ay he carped, and ay he harped, Till a' the lords gaed thro the floor ...
12 Ay he harped, and ay he carped, And some of his harping he let them hear, ..."
2. An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived from the Best and the Most Copious by Edward William Lane (1893)
"... that which mould grieve him] -- du-j ^Llj U-/ A-'jUJ [TJe carped at him by
saying, ... (TA, voce Jr • ,* J.UJ jje carped at him n-ith hh tongue: ..."
3. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1908)
"Heo fel doun flat in the flore, Mr feere when heo fond, carped to him ...
Sehe fell flat to the flore whan sehe hire [fere] fände, And carped to him ..."
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