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calkin¹

noun calkins · caulken · caulkin

  1. A calk (on a horseshoe). Kamal is out with twenty men to raise the Border side, And he has lifted the Colonel's mare that is the Colonel's pride. He has lifted her out of the stable-door between the dawn and day And turned the calkins upon her feet, and ridden her far away.

Calkin²

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Variant of Culkin.

proper noun Calkins

  1. A surname from Irish.

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@misc{calkin_2026,
  title = {calkin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/calkin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}