boatie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Bear a hand, boatie, and in wi' him.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby
“Weel may yon boatie row, or my craig’ll have to thole a raxing.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
This is probably due to provincial Custom, and may be compared with the fondness shown in some parts of Scotland for words such as "boatie," "lassie" or "lassock," etc.
From The Books of the New Testament by Leighton Pullan
Then let us sing 'The boatie rows,' To tell of her fair fame, Who honour on the race bestows— Grace Darling is her name.
From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Eva Hope
The boatie rows, the boatie rows, The boatie rows fu' weel, And lightsome be their life that bear The merlin and the creel!
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
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