Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A variant of carl.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See carl.

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  • noun Alternative form of carl.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Twenty-five yards away, four kerl riders spotted them and gave chase.

    Nemesis Thompson, Paul B. 2000

  • Teynel had gotten on their lone kerl, as befitted his senior rank among the "Rathi" troops.

    Nemesis Thompson, Paul B. 2000

  • Crovax dissolved the platform and mounted his kerl.

    Nemesis Thompson, Paul B. 2000

  • The second rider hauled on his reins, twisting his beast away from the fallen kerl.

    Nemesis Thompson, Paul B. 2000

  • Teynel leaned nonchalantly across the neck of his kerl.

    Nemesis Thompson, Paul B. 2000

  • The commander's kerl was tethered to the stump of a lance outside his quarters.

    Nemesis Thompson, Paul B. 2000

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