siller
Americannoun
noun
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silver
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money
adjective
Etymology
Origin of siller
a Scot variant of silver
Example Sentences
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An' noo to face the kirkward mile: The guidman's hat o' dacent style, The blackit shoon, we noo maun fyle As white's the miller: A waefü' peety tae, to spile The warth o' siller.
From A Lowden Sabbath Morn by Stevenson, Robert Louis
“She is a hard, old soul, and she wouldna be willing for Robert to marry an angel from heaven, if she hadna plenty o’ siller.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Never fear, Robert, Christina shall be my lady Christina and you shall have the Wynton siller to trade with.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
I am going where I'll be rid of whimpering wives, and whining bairns, and fleeching, flattering folk, who want siller for their fine words.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Then she laughed and said: "When I am Lady Wynton, I may find many other ways for the spending of that hundred thousand of lying siller."
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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