hieland

/ ˈhiːlənd /

adjective

1. a variant of Highland

2. characteristic of Highlanders, esp alluding to their supposed gullibility or foolishness in towns or cities

Example Sentences

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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