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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They happit aboot her like craws on a rig, A' fechtin', or fleechin', or crackin' fell big; 'Gae 'wa', sirs, to Freuchie, for brawly it's seen It's siller yer wooin',' quo Tipperty's Jean.
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Patrick Buchan
Dinna believe him, hinny; the man that can win siller at the law, will lose it naewhere.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by James Hogg
She has garred build a bonny ship; It's a' covered o'er wi' pearl; And at every needle-tack was in't There hung a siller bell.
From The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
I've siller, an' lan', an' mony a coo— I'm tired o' lyin' my lane.'
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Patrick Buchan
"Has she muckle siller?" said she, calming a little.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
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