poortith
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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O poortith cauld, and restless love, Ye wrack my peace between ye; Yet poortith a' I could forgive, An 'twere na for my Jeanie.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
Come wealth, come poortith, late or soon, Heaven send your heart-strings aye in tune, And screw your temper-pins aboon A fifth or mair The melancholious, lazy croon O' cankrie care.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
A-well-a-day!" said Richie; "but that maunna be, man—I ken weel, by sad experience, that poortith takes away pith, and the man sits full still that has a rent in his breeks.
From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir
Where ance the coggie hirpled fair, And blithesome poortith toomed the loof There's nae a burnie giglet rare But blaws in ilka jinking coof.
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James
Ay, it is just my woman," said Andrew, "it is just hersell; I ken her gang yet, sair pressed down wi' poortith although she be.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James
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