lintie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The nest o' a lintie I fondly explored, And plundering bykes was the game I adored; My pleasures did vary, as I was unsteady, Yet I always found something that pleased when a laddie.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
An' noo, to that melodious play, A' deidly awn the quiet sway— A' ken their solemn holiday, Bestial an' human, The singin' lintie on the brae, The restin' plou'man.
From A Lowden Sabbath Morn by Stevenson, Robert Louis
One was content with a flower-pot; another took a cage in which she had a lintie; some of them half-finished patterns of embroidery.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John
Protected from suspicion, her spirits rose all the cheerier for their temporary depression, and she went singing about the house like a lintie.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George
"Eh, Maister Shaw," he said, "if ye'll jist do it, I hae a fine lintie the noo, and if ye'll do it, I'll gie ye the lintie."
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman
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