Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variant of
carl .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
carl .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
carl .
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Examples
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From his countenance I could not gather what he had said but the word kerl made me prepare myself for a repetition of the struggle of yesterday, for which I did not feel the least inclination.
Debts of Honor M��r J��kai 1864
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Tehn tehy kerl up an go to sleep an yur up awl nite wit a shotgun!
Soon. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Snorgul, smooch, kerl teh tayl, kraws teh pawzez, myow myow purr myow.
secret club handshake - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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But, Sin Showpanza, could anybroddy which walked this world with eyes whiteopen have looked twinsomer than the kerl he left behind him?
Finnegans Wake 2006
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Twenty-five yards away, four kerl riders spotted them and gave chase.
Nemesis Thompson, Paul B. 2000
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Teynel had gotten on their lone kerl, as befitted his senior rank among the "Rathi" troops.
Nemesis Thompson, Paul B. 2000
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Crovax dissolved the platform and mounted his kerl.
Nemesis Thompson, Paul B. 2000
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The second rider hauled on his reins, twisting his beast away from the fallen kerl.
Nemesis Thompson, Paul B. 2000
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Teynel leaned nonchalantly across the neck of his kerl.
Nemesis Thompson, Paul B. 2000
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The commander's kerl was tethered to the stump of a lance outside his quarters.
Nemesis Thompson, Paul B. 2000
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