wame
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wame
1325–75; Middle English (north and Scots ) wayme, variant of womb
Example Sentences
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When Lancelot saw her waiting for him at the table, with Arthur beside her, the heart-sack broke in his wame, and the love inside it ran about his veins.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
"L——d, Wattie!" cried his brother, "if you have got a wardrobe in your wame, I wish you would bring me a pair of breeks, for I have meikle need of them."
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 470, January 8, 1831 by Various
There's a word in my wame, but it's ower far down.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
A greedy e'e ne'er got a fu' wame.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
What fizzes in the mou' winna fill the wame.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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