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curn

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[kurn] / kɜrn /

noun

Scot.

  1. a grain.

  2. a small quantity or number.

Etymology

Origin of curn

1300–50; Middle English; akin to corn 1, kernel

Example Sentences

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A foll curn fowk startit to the lauchin' when Sandy said this; but, faigs, mind ye, the lassie fairly astonished me.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

A gude curn wives were oot waitin' their tatties, an' they roared to Sandy to stop; but Sandy cudna.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

Small are they shorn, and she can mix fu' nice The gusty ingans wi' a curn of spice; Fat are the puddings,—heads and feet weel sung.'

From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant

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