† carawimplen.
Obsolete.
(Cf. carriwitchet n.)
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > play on words, pun > riddle involving pun
carriwitchet1623
carwidgeona1627
carawimple1672
conundrum1790
1672 J. Eachard Let. 5 in Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered A meer fiction,..a dream, device, and carawimple.
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