birkie
Americannoun
noun
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a spirited or lively person
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a foolish posturer
Etymology
Origin of birkie
First recorded in 1715–25; of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Look ye hear, my bit birkie," says Sandy, gien a gey wild-like wink wi' his richt e'e, "you speak when ye're spoken till!
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
She was nine-and-twenty, and a birkie woman of nine-and-twenty can make a good husband out of very unpromising material.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
Ye’re the English gentleman birkie that cam’ to Kirkburn yestreen.
From The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang
Div a look like an English birkie, or ane o’ the gentry?’
From The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang
Hardly was his back turned, and amaist before ye could cry Jack Robison, in comes the birkie and the very young leddy the auld gentleman described arm and arm thegither, smoodging and lauching like daft.
From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various
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