wab
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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There's the siller," said Duncan, "I got fra yer husband for that wab.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various
My mither sent me to the town, To warp a plaiden wab; But the weary, weary warpin o't Has gart me sigh and sab.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
The thrift o' you and the woo o' a dog wad mak a braw wab.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
I gaed up to Dunse, To warp a wab o' plaiden, At his daddie's yett, Wha met me but Robin: Robin shure, &c.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
Thomas Bertram, your loom is at a discount, but many's the happy day I have watched you and your shuttle, and the interweaving treadles, and all the mysteries of setting the "wab."
From Health Five Lay Sermons to Working-People by John Brown
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