corbie
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of corbie
1150–1200; Middle English corbin < Old French < Latin corvīnus corvine
Example Sentences
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Weel, as he cam’ ower the wast end o’ the Black Hill ae day, he saw first twa, an’ syne fower, an’ syne seeven corbie craws fleein’ round an’ round abune the auld kirkyaird.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
As Tammas Fraser aince said when he was takin' the Book, "Ah, that's where the rub comes in!"' and she shook her head dolefully, as much as to say, 'Nathan, you're a gone corbie!'
From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing
In Holland, Belgium and Scotland a succession of steps was employed, which in the latter country are known as crow gables or corbie steps.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
They wad spare the bairn, and may think you too likely a lad to hang on the walls like a split corbie on the woodsman’s lodge.’
From A Modern Telemachus by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Ye're like the corbie messenger—ye come wi' neither alms nor answer.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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