toun
Britishnoun
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a town
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a farmstead
Example Sentences
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O bless the coo and the meal and the kail-yard and the muckle toun o' Dumbarton.
From Friend Mac Donald by O'Rell, Max
"I wad gie my gude brown steed,5 And sae wad I my gude grey naigie, That I war fifty miles frae the toun, And nane wi' me but my bonnie Peggy."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
Our toun, yince sae cheerie, is dowie an' eerie; Our shippies hae left us, our trade is awa'; There's nae fair maids strayin', nae wee bairnies playin; Ye've muckle to answer for, Peter M'Craw!
From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh
I hope your feyther didna go to the toun today.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
A good man was ther of religioun, And was a povre Persoun of a toun; But riche he was of holy thoght and werk.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
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