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
Wae tae the wame that has a wilfu' maister.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
An' what fa's, it luiks as gin it took the licht wi' 't i' the wame o' 't like.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
He that has a wide wame ne'er had a lang arm.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
"De'il kens," answered Gapey; "gin it binna i' the boddom o' Rob Bruce's wame."
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
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