baudrons

American  

[baw-druhnz] / ˈbɔ drənz /

noun

Scot.

1. a cat.

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Etymology

Origin of baudrons

1400–50; late Middle English ( Scots ) balderonis; perhaps akin to Middle English badde cat

Example Sentences

“Whisht, whisht,” whispered Nanny, “she’s as keen as colly i’ the lugs; and glegger than baudrons i’ the dark.”

From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Willis, Herbert

Hints, too, of a humour, which, like that of Shakespeare, rises at times by sheer depth of insight into the sublime; as when Hornie did the Laigh Kirk watchJust like a winking baudrons.

From Literary and General Lectures and Essays by Kingsley, Charles

Then that curst carmagnole, auld Satan, Watches like baudrons by a ratton Our sinfu' saul to get a claut on, Wi'felon ire; Syne, whip! his tail ye'll ne'er cast saut on, He's aff like fire.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

For me, no venerable spinster hoarded in the Trongate, permitting herself few luxuries during a long protracted life, save a lass and a lanthorn, a parrot, and the invariable baudrons of antiquity.

From Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

Poor collie, our auld-farrant dog, Will bark wi' joy whene'er she comes; And baudrons, on the ingle rug, Will blithely churm at "auld gray-thrums."

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles