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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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carnie
adjective
red
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etymology:
perhaps a development from English
carmine
‘a beautiful red or crimson pigment obtained from cochneal; the name of the colour’; attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies