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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Hardly was his back turned, and almost before he could cry Jack Robison, in comes the birkie and the very young lady the old gentleman described, arm-and-arm together, smoodging and laughing like daft.
From The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith by Hardie, Charles Martin
Hardly was his back turned than in came the birkie and the very young lady the old gentleman described, arm-and-arm together, laughing like daft Dog on it!
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur
Ye see yon birkie ca'd "a lord," Wha' struts an' stares, an' a 'that?
From Types of Children's Literature by Barnes, Walter
You see yon birkie ca'd a lord, Wha struts and stares, and a' that: Though hundreds worship at his word He's but a coof for a' that.
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James
And maybe that’s the reason every silly birkie thinks he has the right to cast up to me that I am an auld maid.
From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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