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Marla
marla
marla
See also: Marla
English
Noun
marla (uncountable)
- (Ireland) Plasticine; modelling clay.
- 1996, Thomas Kinsella, Model School, Inchicore, Collected Poems, 1956-1994, page 229,
- Miss Carney handed us out blank paper and marla,
- old plasticine with the colours
- all rolled together into brown.
- 1997, Catherine Dunne, In the Beginning, page 107,
- As she sits and plays with Damien, she feels her legs start to tremble from the effort. Her knees seem to disappear.
- Plasticine legs, she says to Damien. Old marla legs.
- 1996, Thomas Kinsella, Model School, Inchicore, Collected Poems, 1956-1994, page 229,
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- mala, maala
Noun
marla (plural marlas)
- (Australia) The rufous hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus, a small desert marsupial of Australia.
See also
- rufous hare-wallaby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia