carrick en · NOUN
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of carrack.
alt of carrack
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(nonce-word) A greatcoat.
A poor man is robbed of his overcoat (Gogol's "The Greatcoat," or more correctly "The Carrick") […]
c. 1948, Vladimir Nabokov, "Lecture on The Metamorphosis" (reprinted in Lectures on Literature, 1980)[…] here there was little hairy Pushkin in a fur carrick, and ratlike Gogol in a flamboyant waistcoat, and old little Tolstoy with his fat nose […]
1959, Dmitri Nabokov (translator), Vladimir Nabokov, Invitation to a Beheading:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| carricks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (2)
pl palto ((nonce word) greatcoat) · pl szynel ((nonce word) greatcoat)