gowd
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"Come down, come down, my bonny bird,35 And sit upon my hand; And thou sall hae a cage o' gowd, Where thou hast but the wand."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
In it came her mother dear,65 I wyte a sorry woman was she; "I wou'd gie my white monie and gowd, O bonny Jean, to borrow thee."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
Never a handfu' missing, tho' the chap he cursed and swore an' took on, the mout ha' been eauts o' gowd!
From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.
"I want nane o' his gowd, I want nane o' his gear, I want nae land frae thee: But I'll hae the rings that's on his finger, For them he did promise to me."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
If the Earl of Wemyss was your father, I wot sae was he mine;120 And it shall not be for lack o' gowd, That ye your love sall tyne.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
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