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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 Terry, Richard Runciman

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 Jacob, Violet

"Gude dog! eh, but ye're a bonny wee fechter!"

From Greyfriars Bobby by Atkinson, Eleanor Stackhouse