Sc. [f. CARL sb.1 + -IE = -Y4.] A little carl, a man short of stature.

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1697.  W. Cleland, Poems, 68 (Jam.).

        I knew some peevish Clownish Carlie,
Would make some noise & hurly burlie.

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1822.  Galt, Sir A. Wylie, I. v. 40 (Jam.). Andrew … settled into a little gash carlie, remarkable chiefly for a straight forward simplicity.

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