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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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)
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 The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
When he gied the word, hieland foot was never slow and hieland bluid was never laggin'.
From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.
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
Good times wi' you, ye bauld riders, By the hieland and the lee; And by the leeland and by the hieland It's weary times wi' me, my love, It's weary times wi' me.
From Poems and Ballads (Third Series) Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol. III by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
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