staun
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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But they say 'No.' 'Weel,' she says, 'juist haud it aboon ma heid, and let me staun' underneath it.'
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See, he hasna a leg to staun upon, and every teeth that was in his head's faun oot.
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"Staun aside, guidwife, staun aside," he said; at the same time gently pushing his wife back with his left hand as he spoke.
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"But I maun tak' ma staun," exclaimed Saunders.
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"I canna get Robbie Burns' graun' words oot o' my heid: 'The Scotsmen staun' an' Irish fa'—let him on wi' me,'" and on this wave of martial spirit Geordie took another plunge at right angles from our previous course, bearing me after him like a skiff tied to a schooner amid stormy seas.
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