waur
1 Britishadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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"Come ane, come a'," he recklessly cried, when no hope was left, "I carena; four dizzen's nae waur nor ane."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
Things are aye turning waur and waur there, and it looks like as if Providence had gi'en up our Laird's house to destruction.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by James Hogg
"I wish I may get nae waur to comfort me when I come to dee."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
I hae seen half-a-score ghosts mysel, and I'm no a bit the waur.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
But never had the puir tenant a waur friend than Ranald Keilly.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
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