licht
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- lichtly adverb
Example Sentences
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“Take care then, Waster Lunny, that you dinna licht it,” said an angry voice that made us jump, though it was only Duncan, the farmer’s shepherd, who spoke.
From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
"It was borne in upon me," said she, "the leddy wadna be lucky, that something would come out o' the giein the licht!"
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
I am mistress o' my ain house," answered his mother, "and I'll gie a licht out o't when I please, and only when I please.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
Thae newfangled things are fashious, an' it's a cauld-lookin' licht; but there's economy in it, Miss Stuart—imphm!
From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing
You an' me made licht o't; but Joe wadna be convinced, an' last nicht he saw the lady again, an'—noo, Maister Weelum, this is the queer bit o' the story—the lady was Miss Stuart.'
From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing
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