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Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: carrousel, from Italian carosello

carousel

 noun
     
carousel
Related topics: Leisure, Air
car‧ou‧sel also carrousel American English [countable]
1 especially American EnglishDL a machine with wooden horses on it that turns around and around, which people can ride on for fun
2TTA the moving belt that you collect your bags from at an airport
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