hieland
Britishadjective
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a variant of Highland
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characteristic of Highlanders, esp alluding to their supposed gullibility or foolishness in towns or cities
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This day he strode resplendent in plaid knee socks, plaid kilt, a murderous Hieland dirk swung at his hip, short jacket the breast of which blazed with medals, and long black locks caught up under a cap.
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"There's beds and bowsters in my father's house,45 There's sheets and blankets, and a' thing ready, And wadna they be angry wi' me, To see me lie sae wi' a hieland laddie."
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Tho' there's beds and beddin in your father's house, Sheets and blankets and a' made ready,50 Yet why sud they be angry wi' thee, Though I be but a hieland laddie?
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The Lawland lads think they are fine, But the hieland lads are brisk and gaucy; And they are awa near Glasgow toun, To steal awa a bonnie lassie.
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Out bespak the Earl of Hume, And O but he spak wondrous sorry,—30 "The bonniest lass about a' Glasgow toun, This day is awa wi' a hieland laddie."
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