haet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of haet
C16: originally in the phrase deil hae' it devil have it
Example Sentences
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There's not a haet that happens at the Gourlays but she clypes.
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
Deil haet o' me kens," said Ratcliffe; "he'll no likely gang back to ony o' his auld howffs; he'll be off the country by this time.
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir
"The de'il haet A care fir Collins, ony mair nir A dae fir yir ain sel', Nelson!" replied Mac defiantly.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
The lads a' sae braw, the lasses sae glancin', Folk maun be dizzie gaun aye in the roun' For deil a haet 's done now but feastin' and dancin'.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
Robin promis'd me A' my winter vittle; Fient haet he had but three Guse-feathers and a whittle!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
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