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marla

Etymology 1 n. (context Ireland English) plasticine; modelling clay. Etymology 2

alt. (context Australia English) The (vern: rufous hare-wallaby), (taxlink Lagorchestes hirsutus species noshow=1), a small desert marsupial of Australia. n. (context Australia English) The (vern: rufous hare-wallaby), (taxlink Lagorchestes hirsutus species noshow=1), a small desert marsupial of Australia.

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Marla (unit)

A marla is a unit of area used in the Indian subcontinent.

Marla (disambiguation)

Marla is a female given name in English. It is a variant of the name Marlene, which comes from Mary Magdalene, the biblical woman to whom Jesus Christ first appeared after his resurrection.

In Hiberno-English, the word marla means modelling clay.

Usage examples of "marla".

Not only did it illuminate Marla, fetchingly dressed in the sheerest lingerie imaginable, it also revealed Beowulf standing a meter behind the beautiful android, fur erect and jaws open.

For an elder man, the curate was strong and enraged, and he fought the two constables to a standstill while Marla tried to escape behind her desk.

Everyone turned to see the new regent, Marla Karuw, enter the crowded hall with two constables at her side.

Despite the futility of their efforts, Marla Karuw was heartened by the sight of the first new building on their ravaged homeworld.

The miles of night between Marla and me offer insects and melanomas and flesh-eating viruses.

Marla, with her inherited wealth and passion for shopping, would applaud the upward leap of my catering business.

The best kind of collagen, Marla said, is your own fat, sucked out of your thighs, processed and cleaned and injected back into your lips, or wherever.

Marla never has any fat of her own, and her mom figures that familial collagen would be better than Marla ever having to use the cheap cow kind.

Marla waved at friends, pointed to her new necklace, earrings, and barrettes, and then nipped back toward me.

I stuffed crepes with sugared ricotta cheese and smothered them with apricot sauce for Marla ("I spent the last two days in Vegas," she'd called that morning to tell me.

In the huge kitchen, Marla and Sukie were downing sizzling, Julian-made cheese croquettes, along with the creamy Dijon and tart cranberry sauces I'd brought.

It's Saturday night, bowel cancer night in the basement of First Methodist, and Marla is there when you arrive.

Kneeling next to Marla's bed with my hands still cold from outside, feeling Marla's cold skin a little at a time, rubbing a little of Marla between my fingers every inch, Marla says those warts that are God's French ticklers give women cervical cancer.

In that case, Marla orders fried clams and clam chowder and a fish basket and fried chicken and a baked potato with everything and a chocolate chiffon pie.

Marla would finish them if Trixie was holding out for health food.