blaw
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Example Sentences
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“I laughed at her ignorance, and says I, ‘I warrant I could blaw it.’
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
“And like a sheet it’ll come,” replied Dow, “and the deil’ll blaw it about wi’ his biggest bellowses.”
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
When chitterin’ cauld the day sall daw, Loud may your bonny bugles blaw And loud your drums may beat.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
“Oh! were I able to rehearse Scotch oatmeal’s praise in proper verse, I’d blaw it oot as loud and fierce, As piper’s drones could blaw, man.”
From The Domestic Cat by Gordon Stables
I’ve seen ’s hae days to fricht us a’, The Pentlands poothered weel wi’ snaw, The ways half-smoored wi’ liquid thaw, An’ half-congealin’, The snell an’ scowtherin’ norther blaw Frae blae Brunteelan’.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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