whaup
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of whaup
1505–15; perhaps representing earlier *whalp, akin (by gradation) to Old English hwilpe plover
Example Sentences
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Here is the first list; it lengthened speedily: thistle, tartan, haar, haggis, kirk, claymore, parritch, broom, whin, sporran, whaup, plaid, scone, collops, whisky, mutch, cairngorm, oatmeal, brae, kilt, brose, heather.
From Penelope's Experiences in Scotland by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
The whaup, and plover, and lapwing piped, and whistled, and fluttered around me.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
Say Mistress Blair, ye ill-mennered whaup atyar," says I in his lug; an' he gleyed roond at me, an' says, wi' anither o' his vegabon'-like winks, "Ay; that's Wattie Scott's monniment, Bawbie.
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
But Moses is a fooshinless, hingin'-aboot kind o' a whaup," says I. "The blame's mibby no' a' on ae side o' the hoose.
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
A whaup cried loudly, and very eerily: then another.
From Huntingtower by John Buchan
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