Cartland
noun
Dame Barbara (Hamilton). 1901–2000, British novelist, noted for her prolific output of popular romantic fiction
Historical Examples
One is guilty of a sad omission should he quit Eton without giving a crown to cartland to perpetuate his name on the immortal oak.
Confessions of an Etonian I. E. M.
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