fecht
verb
a Scot word for fight
fechter
-
a word derived from
fecht.
Example Sentences
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There's jist ae bluidy regiment on airth That's worth a damn; An' gin the bonniest fechter o' the lot Ye seek to see, Him that's the best—whaur ilka man's a Scot— Speir you at me!
From Songs of Angus and More Songs of Angus by Violet Jacob
Or it may have been the natural liking of the Briton for any enemy who proved himself a 'bonny fechter.'
From The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties by Richard Runciman Terry
"Gude dog! eh, but ye're a bonny wee fechter!"
From Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson
