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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"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
The hills were high on ilka side,5 An' the bought i' the lirk o' the hill, And aye, as she sang, her voice it rang, Out o'er the head o' yon hill.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
But it is the same picture ilka day o’ the year, and I weary of it whiles.
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
On ilka side o' Inglis rade a knicht In Lincoln-green, wi' armour burnished bricht; Like stars intil a frosty nicht, the sheen Blinkit like siller in his dazzlet een.
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Patrick Buchan
The truth is, that ye're a perfect she Nabal, and ilka thing that takes the value of a plack out o' your pocket, is vulgar, or improper, or something that way.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by James Hogg
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