gowd
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Passenger Manas Gowd tells The Associated Press he was looking out the window when the plane lurched back from the gate and he felt a “very unnatural thump.”
From Washington Times
"O I was sworn sae late yestreen, And not by ae aith, but by many; And for a' the gowd in fair Scotland, I dare na take ye through to Annie."
From Project Gutenberg
Never a handfu' missing, tho' the chap he cursed and swore an' took on, the mout ha' been eauts o' gowd!
From Project Gutenberg
The keeper syne brak aff his chains, And set Lord Beichan at libertie:— She fill'd his pockets baith wi' gowd, To tak him till his ain countrie.
From Project Gutenberg
"She shanna want gowd, she shanna want fee, Although her love was easie won; She shanna want gowd to gain a man wi', And she'll still be the fair flow'r o' Northumberland."
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