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“Don’t get too carried away – make sure you bring in lots of lovely woolly, cosy textures too, for that nesty, winter feelgood vibe.”
From The Guardian ● Nov. 10, 2020
Later, he went to a notary and swore his allegiance, but somehow the oath never caught up with the am nesty petition.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Ay, man, so it is," says Sandy, takin' a slaik o't aff wi' his fingers, an' syne dichtin't on the tail o' his sirtoo, the nesty character, 'at I shud say sic a wird!
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
Eh, ye nesty cratur," said Bella, much disgusted "But I suppose ye're meaning English undertakers—men that does naething but work wi' funerals—a fearsome ill job.
From Penny Plain by O. Douglas
O, Bawbie, I've been a nesty footer o' a man, an' ill-gettit scoot a' my days.
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
