faither
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It's time enough to talk o' deein—a subject my faither likes better than I do—when I hae renounced my endeavours to get ye back yer husband.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
The old skipper regained his wonted health and cheerfulness; and Betty Paterson lived to tell her grandchildren, "she aye said their faither wad be a gentleman, and her words cam true."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
Weel, my lad," he would say, patting my head, "how d'ye do—and how's your faither, and how's your mither?
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Robert Turnbull
She aince telt me that it was bred in the bane, for her faither was a colourin'-man in a waxcloth factory aboot Kirkcaldy.'
From Betty Grier by Joseph Laing Waugh
Weel, weel," said the good-natured matron, softened down by his manner; "it's true your faither says—it's nae use striving against the stream; an' a' gifts arena graces.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
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