towmond

American  

[toh-muhnd] / ˈtoʊ mənd /

Also towmont

noun

Scot.

1. twelvemonth.

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Etymology

Origin of towmond

1425–75; late Middle English ( Scots ) towlmonyth < Old Norse tōlfmānathr twelvemonth

Example Sentences

A towmond o' trouble, should that be my fa', A night o' gude fellowship sowthers it a'; When at the blythe end o' our journey at last, Wha the deil ever thinks o' the road he has past?

From Project Gutenberg

But now the supper crowns their simple board, The halesome parritch, chief of Scotia’s food: The soupe their only hawkie does afford, That ‘yont the hallan snugly chows her cood: The dame brings forth in complimental mood, To grace the lad, her weel-hain’d kebbuck, fell, An’ aft he’s prest, an’ aft he ca’s it guid; The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell, How ’twas a towmond auld, sin’ lint was i’ the bell.

From Project Gutenberg

Gie’ a’ the faes o’ Scotland’s weal A towmond’s Toothache.

From Project Gutenberg

A towmond o’ trouble, should that be my fa’, A night o’ guid fellowship sowthers it a’: When at the blithe end o’ our journey at last, Wha the deil ever thinks o’ the road he has past?

From Project Gutenberg

Last towmond I sell'd off four bowes o' guid bear, And thankfu' I was, for the victual was dear, And I came hame wi' spurs on my heels shinin' clear, I had sic good luck at the sellin' o't.

From Project Gutenberg