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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But the Laird’s dame interposed, asking grace for the callant if he married “our Muckle-mouth Meg.”
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
A soft-spoken callant wi' reddish hair—a puir thin sort o' body wi' a ferrety face.
From The Bushranger's Secret by Clarke, Henry, Mrs.
You do it, my callant," said Mrs Carfrae with decision, "and she'll stand it right enough!
From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian
How! how!" answered the gaberlunzie, taking the pipes suddenly frae his mouth—"no let ye dance wi' a decent callant, the bonniest hensure o' the hail menyie!
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
“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
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