maist
Americanadjective
determiner
Example Sentences
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We believe, therefore, that Lizzy Lindsay erred not materially from the path of truth when she signalized us as "the maist fractious bairn that ever broke a woman's heart."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
"It's no unlikely," said I; "I ken the maist o' the leevin folks o' the parish, and my faither kens a' the dead anes."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
"Heck, mon," said Jess, "did ye no ken there's ay maist sown o' the best crop?"
From Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories by Chambers, F. W.
Wasn't I maist killed myself, for sake o' him that night?”
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
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