coracle

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She works for a charity called Coracle, which provides her a salary of about £5,000.

From The Guardian • May 12, 2018

Coracle, kor′a-kl, n. a small oval rowboat used in Wales, made of skins or oilcloth stretched on wickerwork.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Besides, one I've seed 'long wi' a man whose company is enough to gi'e a saint a bad character—that's Coracle Dick.

From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne

And as a Coracle that braves On Vaga's breast the fretful waves, This shell upon the deep would swim.

From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various

“In the old house where Coracle Dick used to live!”

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne