daimen
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of daimen
First recorded in 1775–85; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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A daimen icker in a thrave odd ear, 24 sheaves 'S a sma' request; Is I'll get a blessin' wi' the lave, rest And never miss't!
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson
A daimen icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request: I'll get a blessin wi' the lave, An' never miss't!
From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Francis Turner Palgrave
A daimen icher in a thrave 'S a sma' request; I'll get a blessin' wi' the lave An' never miss't!
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
A daimen icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request; I'll get a blessin' wi' the laive, And never miss't!
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
A daimen icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request; I'll get a blessin wi' the lave, An' never miss't!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
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