How do you pronounce calkin?

The recorded pronunciation is /kˈælkɪn/.

calkin

/kˈælkɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

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"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."

Variant of Culkin.

calkins (plural) caulken (alternative) caulkin (alternative)

calk

malkin balkin

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