callant
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of callant
1710–20; < Dutch kalant fellow, chap, customer < Old North French caland customer
Example Sentences
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“The callant had suck a muckle head,” was the retort, “I was doin’ my best to mak’ it look respectable.”
From Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine by Gordon, Henry Laing
And I think my father was in nowise unwilling, for a twelve-year-old callant on the saddle before one is no comfort, though Gay Garland bore me like a feather.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
“It will hae been some callant trying to fley us, that’s a’.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various
My secret's oot; an', whether that callant tells Sleuthie or no, it's clear I canna keep langer this siller in a thatched cottage.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
Then, callant," added Betty, shaking her head, and sighing as she spoke—"I dinna ken what we'll do wi' ye.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
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