chield
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chield
First recorded in 1525–35; variant of child
Example Sentences
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What hae ye dune wi' the notes, Tam, that the lang chield up by there gied ye?
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various
"I heard the voice of that lad Andrew Lammie; can the chield be drowning, that he skirls sae uncannilie?" said the old woman, seating herself on the ground, and looking earnestly at the water.
From Stories of Mystery by Rossiter Johnson
She cared na mair aboot the chield nor I did mysel'.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
Was I? my sartie! first for bringing me into jeopardy, would I nould I, and then for whomling a chield on the tap o' me that dang the very wind out of my body?
From The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott
He's a silly chield that can neither dae nor say.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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