whaur
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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And aye an’ while we nearer draw To whaur the kirkton lies alaw, Mair neebours, comin’ saft an’ slaw Frae here an’ there, The thicker thrang the gate an’ caw The stour in air.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
I wouldna like to sit in a kirk whaur they daurna sing a paraphrase.”
From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
I ken nae mair aboot them than I ken whaur to find the caverns o' the east wind.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various
"Aff and awa, naebody kens, or'll tell whaur."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander
And then the ae boat set aff for North Berwick, an’ the tither lay whaur it was and watched the wanchancy thing on the brae-side.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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