ilka
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ilka
1150–1200; Middle English; originally phrase ilk a each one. See ilk 2, a 1
Example Sentences
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And they have taen her, bonny Baby,65 And led her o'er the green; And ilka lady spak a word, But bonny Baby spake nane.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
"But sin they're all alive, Jamie, But sin they're all alive,30 We'll tak a glass in ilka hand, And drink, 'Weill may they thrive.'"
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
Let ilka Scot be glad to-day The whole wide warl' thegither.
From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Blewett, Jean
"I thought I heard a wee horn blaw, And it blew loud and high; And ay at ilka turn it said,55 'Away, Musgrave, away!'"
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
At ilka tippit o' his horse mane There hang a siller bell; The wind was loud, the steed was proud,15 And they gae a sindry knell.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
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