byke
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Here," I said, "is the stillest place that we have hit on yet in this busy byke of a city.
"Sic a bee's byke o' rooms!" said Malcolm, making a halt "Wha sleeps here?"
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
I am a Bard of no regard, Wi' gentle folks an' a' that; But Homer-like, the glowrin byke, Frae town to town I draw that.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
It's a strang tow 'at wad haud or bin' Dawvid, whan he considers he bud to gang, an' 'twere intill a deil's byke.
From David Elginbrod by MacDonald, George
But in time he was convinced of the wisdom of not "making two blazes of the same wasps' byke," as he expressed it.
From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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