dautie
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dautie
Example Sentences
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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.
From Salted with Fire by MacDonald, George
"Sit ye there, my dautie, till they all see you"; and forthwith he brought them all.
From Stories of Childhood by Johnson, Rossiter
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