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
Example Sentences
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When he gied the word, hieland foot was never slow and hieland bluid was never laggin'.
From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.
I wad fain hope the hieland hills of our location inland are mair pleasant-lookin’ than this.”
From The Settler and the Savage by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
"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."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
The cronach's cried on Bennachie, And doun the Don and a', And hieland and lawland may mournfu' be For the sair field of Harlaw.
From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various
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?
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
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