toun
Britishnoun
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a town
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a farmstead
Example Sentences
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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 Hugh Miller
"Gae hame, gae hame, my mither deir, Fetch me my windling sheet,50 And at the back o' Mirry-land toun, Its thair we twa sall meet."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
"I was up in the toun," he said—meaning Glasgow.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
O bless the coo and the meal and the kail-yard and the muckle toun o' Dumbarton.
From Friend Mac Donald by Max O'Rell
"I was up in the toun the day, curate," said the schoolmaster—a thin, hard-visaged personage, with a good deal of the failing said to be inherent in his craft—conceit.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
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