maist
Americanadjective
determiner
Example Sentences
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“Si maist dieu,” fait gallehault, “ie ne scay.”
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
The maist o' them seem no to care a bodle whether their sheep die or live.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James
He has gi’en the authorities a great deal o’ trouble in the past, but it is maist difficult to get any one to try and arrest him.
From Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds by Boone, Silas K.
It was waur than the maist outrageous Gaelic ever spoken in the height o' passion by a Hieland shearer.
From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various
The maist part o' his friends advised him at length to give up the search, as the finding o' the body seemed a thing a'thegither hopeless.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James
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