caird

caird
/kaird/; Scot. /kayrddd/, n. Scot.
1. a traveling tinker, esp. a gypsy.
2. a wandering tramp or vagrant.
[1655-65; < ScotGael ceard tinker; akin to L cerdo workman, Gk kerdó cunning one]

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