messan
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of messan
First recorded in 1490–1500; from Scots Gaelic measàn “pet”
Example Sentences
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"We hounds slew the hare," quo' the messan.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
Hardly a tyke or messan but's awa' to Peden to get her whaulpies named at the Holy Linn!
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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 Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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 Wise, Thomas James
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 Burns, Robert
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