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Marron vs Garron - What's the difference?

marron | garron |

As nouns the difference between marron and garron

is that marron is (colour) while garron is a small and usually disdained type of horse, typically bred in scotland and ireland.

marron

English

Etymology 1

Variant form of , later reinforced by (etyl) marron.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sweet chestnut.
  • *2007 , (Craig Silvey), Jasper Jones , Allen & Unwin 2007, p. 137:
  • *:‘I mean, shit, even if I had've come down here of a weekend and taken back a sack full of marron , I would have killed the pig up there.’
    • Derived terms
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    Etymology 2

    (wikipedia marron) (Cherax tenuimanus) (Cherax tenuimanus) (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • , a type of freshwater crayfish from Western Australia.
    • Synonyms
    * hairy marron, Margaret River marron

    See also

    * gilgie, jilgie * yabby, yabbie ----

    garron

    English

    (wikipedia garron)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small and usually disdained type of horse, typically bred in Scotland and Ireland.
  • *2000 , (George RR Martin), A Storm of Swords , Bantam 2011, page 445:
  • *:To the west Ollo Lophand and Tim Stone were moving through the horselines, feeding and watering the remaining garrons .
  • *2009 , , Glencoe , Amberley 2009, page 37:
  • *:For transport they might keep short, sturdy garrons : and the chief went nowhere on foot.