couthie
Americanadjective
adjective
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sociable; friendly; congenial
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comfortable; snug
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plain; homely; unsophisticated
a couthie saying
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Example Sentences
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The occasion had a down-to-earth feel – even, dare I say it, couthie.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 30, 2011
Bonnie Mary Hay, it 's haliday to me, When thou art couthie, kind, and free; There 's nae clouds in the lift, nor storms in the sky, My bonnie Mary Hay, when thou art nigh.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
Sae couthie, couthie did she look, And meikle had she fleeched; Out shot his hand—alas! alas!
From The Book of Old English Ballads by Hamilton Wright Mabie
A couthie wife an' cantie she has been; I maun gie o'er sic rants, an' that's be seen. never heckles me but for my guid; I sall gang sober hame—I will indeed.
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Patrick Buchan
O couthie is my ingle-cheek, An' cheerie is my Jean; I never see her angry look, Nor hear her word on ane.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
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