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Hornie

[hawr-nee]
noun Scot.
  1. Satan.
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  • Hornie did the Laigh Kirk watchJust like a winking baudrons.

    Literary and General Lectures and Essays

    Charles Kingsley

  • Set's face foret, and say "quick mairch," an' he'll ca his bagonet throu auld Hornie.

    Robert Falconer

    George MacDonald

  • "Hornie Holes" is a boys' game in which four play, a principal and assistant on either side.

  • His eye lit, his mouth tightened; he clenched his fist, ready for immediate 'warsil wi' auld Hornie.'