messan

American  

[mes-uhn] / ˈmɛs ən /

Or messin

noun

Scot.

1. a lapdog; small pet dog.

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Etymology

Origin of messan

First recorded in 1490–1500; from Scots Gaelic measàn “pet”

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Example Sentences

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messan

"We hounds slew the hare," quo' the messan.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

Burns, on the contrary, was as catholic, or as careless, in his friendships as his own Cæsar—who "Wad spend an hour caressin' Ev'n wi' a tinkler gipsy's messan."

From The Letters of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Ah!" said Mackenzie, picking up his pen again, "the Glenkens messan!

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

They led three hundred horses forth,    Milk white was every one; But the first sank down like a messan dog    That Swayne laid the saddle on.

From The King's Wake and Other Ballads by Thomas James Wise

Here, sisters, here is my trusty and well-beloved Dame de Ste. Petronelle, who takes such care of me that she dogs my footsteps like a messan.'

From Two Penniless Princesses by Charlotte Mary Yonge

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