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whaur

/ hwɔːr /

adverb

  1. a Scot word for where

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The Tap-RoomThis warl's a tap-room owre and owre     Whaur ilk ane tak's his caper Some taste the sweet, some drink the sour     As waiter Fate sees proper; Let mankind live, ae social core,     An drap a' selfish quar'ling, And when the Landlord ca's his score,     May ilk ane's clink be sterling.

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"Wi beast, whaur hae ye come frae?—I declare I am that glad to see ye!"

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"Eh, sir, yer gun's no loaded is't? for a never would bide in a hoose whaur the wur a loaded gun in a' m'life."

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He hurrled it up to the tope of the hell, whaur it's bided ever sence.

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Sae little noo I ken, o' yon blessed, bonnie place, I ainly ken its Hame, whaur we shall see His face; It wud surely be eneuch forever mair to be In the glory o' His presence in our ain countree.

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