KARROWS * Hard-core fourteenth- to eighteenth-century Irish gamesters, portrayed by Holingshed’s Chronicles as “a brotherhood of karrowes that prefer to play at chartes [cards] all the yere long, and make it their onely occupation.”

– Forgotten English : A Merry Guide to Antiquated Words, Packed with History, Fun Fact, Literary Excerpts, and Charming Drawings by Jeffrey Kacirk