cauld
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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It sleeps in the snaw and the cranreuch Wi a cauld cauld plaid to wear.
From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2010
The third step that she steppit in, She steppit to the neck;30 The pretty babe within her sides, The cauld it garr'd it squake.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
She serv'd them up, she serv'd them down, With the wheat bread and the wine; But aye she drank the cauld water, To keep her colour fine.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
"Aweel, aweel, then," said Nanny, "ye hae mair skill o' doctory than me, Jamie; but it's a very unnatural-like cure, to rub cauld snaw on a man perishin' wi' the cauld."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
It's mony a friend ye'll leave cauld by the wayside ere ye come to lie there cauld yoursel'.
From The Road to Paris by Stephens, Robert Neilson
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