Sawney

/ ˈsɔːnɪ /

noun

Origin of Sawney¹

C18: a Scots variant of Sandy, short for Alexander

We wont differ, Sawney, if you let me have six stots for winterers, in the way of reason.

On the 1st of June the boy Sawney was again put upon the witness-stand.

"Good morning, Mrs. Grimps," called Mrs. Sawney from her post of vantage.

Mrs. Sawney's tone grew in mellowness as her anger increased.

Mrs. Sawney closed her front-door and retired to the regions that knew her best.

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