Example Sentences

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Think o’ the mither that lo’es ye, forbye yer twa aunties.

From Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 by Various

Then out it speaks that lady gay, A little forbye stood she; "I'll dress mysell in men's array,65 Gae to the fields for thee."

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

A bed and a table, a few chairs, and a handfu’ o’ crockery was a’ we had in the wide warld—save and forbye, as I hae often told you, my gold wedding ring.”

From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

For less will not serve her, and forbye a bairn is only an expense and an eating up o' good meat in any man's house!'

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

There’s very little to tell,” said the housekeeper, shaking her head, “save that ’twas a very lonely vale we lived in, and forbye in winter.

From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Hill, Grace Brooks