glaur
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- glaury adjective
Etymology
Origin of glaur
C16: of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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There's word come, she says, 'at he's fa'en intil the verra glaur o' disgrace, funkin at something they set him til: na, he wudna!
From Heather and Snow by MacDonald, George
The middle o' the road cudna haud the can'le to the paidmints for glaur lest Sabbath.
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
If it was not for the old glaur!
From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil
Up, Niven, or ower late—an’ dash Laigh in the glaur that carnal hash; Let spires and pews wi’ gran’ stramash Thegither fa’; The rumlin’ kist o’ whustles smash In pieces sma’.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
No son of mine shall be speldering in the glaur with any dirty raibble.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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