Example Sentences
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How we tholed it sae lang I dinna ken.
From Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 by Withrow, W. H. (William Henry)
During the next month he tholed the cold of that same punishment- cell; and during the next was in his old cell, but in chains, picking oakum.
From The Lord of the Sea by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)
Ebenezer Muir and my father tholed with him for some time; but at last he so far forgot his place and office, that they both rose and moved towards the door.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John
But wha or what will bring us back the good days we hae lost forever out o' our little lives while we tholed this weary war?
From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Dree out the inch when ye have tholed the span.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
