daur
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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He wrote a challenge from Dunbar, "Come fight me, Charlie, an ye daur; If it be not by the chance of war, I'll give you a merry morning."
From The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) by Thomson, James Pringle
Play carle wi' me again if you daur.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
“I am sure, Mr. Kinlock——” “How daur you ‘mister’ me?
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
"Hauf the bawbees is mine," his sister had skirled, "and I daur ye to do ony siccan thing, John Coe!"
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
"Shame fa' me, if I daur gang, Bessie."
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James
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