rowth
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I've kept auld Doom in times o' rowth and splendour, and noo I'm spared to see't rouped, the laird a dyvour and a nameless wanderer ower the face o' the earth.
From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil
Yet thae uncovenanted shavers Hae rowth, ye say, o' clash and clavers O' gods and etins—auld wives' havers, But their delight; The voice o' him that tells them quavers Just wi' fair fright.
From Ban and Arriere Ban by Lang, Andrew
"Eh, you've rowth o' friends, you're a teeran crew, but I cares laal for any on you."
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir
There's no a bla'guard i' the haill queentry he wadna sell her till, sae be he was o' an auld eneuch faimily, and had rowth o' siller.
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
When the fairy was at my cradle-side and gave my mother choice of my gifts, I wish she had chosen rowth of real friends.
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil
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