chield
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chield
First recorded in 1525–35; variant of child
Example Sentences
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Eh, Shaws, ye’re a lang-heided chield when ye like!
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
I have been readin' o' what a clever doctor chield has accomplished i' Edinbro' by the pooer o' mind upon mind——' 'Ye mean Christian Science—Faith-Healing?' queried his companion scornfully.
From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard
“Na, man—yon chield wad make twa o’ Chaffinch.
From Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 by Various
Auld Wodrow lang has hatch’d mischief, We thought ay death wad bring relief, But he has gotten, to our grief, Ane to succeed him, A chield wha’ll soundly buff our beef; I meikle dread him.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
She cared na mair aboot the chield nor I did mysel'.
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
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