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aughtlins

American  
[awkht-linz] / ˈɔxt lɪnz /

adverb

Scot.

  1. oughtlins.

Etymology

Origin of aughtlins

aught 2 + -lin (variant of -ling 2 ) + -s 1

Example Sentences

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The hizzies, if they're aughtlins fawsont, Let them in Drury-lane be lesson'd!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

The hizzies, if they’re aughtlins fawsont, Let them in Drury-lane be lesson’d!

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

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