dautie

[daw-tee, dah-]

noun

Scot.

1. a darling.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dautie¹

First recorded in 1670–80; daut + -ie

Example Sentences

There's auld Rob Morris that wons in yon glen, dwells He's the king o' gude fellows and wale of auld men; pick He has gowd in his coffers, he has owsen and kine, gold, oxen And ae bonnie lassie, his dautie and mine. one, darling She's fresh as the morning, the fairest in May; She's sweet as the ev'ning amang the new hay; As blythe and as artless as the lambs on the lea, And dear to my heart as the light to my e'e.

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"Sit ye there, my dautie, till they all see you"; and forthwith he brought them all.

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I' the name o' God, the saviour o' men, I tell ye, dautie, the day 'ill come whan ye'll smile i' the vera face o' the Lord himsel, at the thoucht o' what he has broucht ye throuw!

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"No a hair, dautie!" returned the soutar.

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Weel ken I, my dautie, that he disna ken better; but I canna help thinkin he's maybe no that far frae the waukin.

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