blaw
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Example Sentences
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Beet on, beet on, my brother dear, I value you not one straw;60 For yonder comes my ain true luve, I hear his horn blaw.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
Wha kens what turn of the wind of circumstance may blaw ye to Quebec?
From The Road to Paris by Stephens, Robert Neilson
Wullie's up an' gies them a blaw, a blaw Wi' his sax Scotch pipers an' a', an' a'!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 28th 1893 by Various
O Marti'mas wind, when wilt thou blaw, An' shake the green leaves aff the tree?
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
And she made a' its servants her enemies; and think you these good men's prayers were a' to blaw away i' the wind, and be nae mair regarded?
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James
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