curn
Americannoun
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a grain.
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a small quantity or number.
Etymology
Origin of curn
Example Sentences
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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
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.
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.
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