winnock
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of winnock
1485–95; windok, Scots variant of Middle English windoge window
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My daddie's na doylt, tho' he's auld, The winnock is pawkie an' gleg; When the lammies are pit i' the fauld, They're fear'd that I'm aff to my Meg.
From Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems by Isabella Valancy Crawford
I like fine to hear the wheel singin' like a muckle flee upo' the winnock.
From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by George MacDonald
Gin I'd wed—there's a winnock kept bye; Wi' bodies an' gear i' her loof— Gin ony tak her an' her kye, Hell glunsh at himsel' for a coof!
From Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems by Isabella Valancy Crawford
The whilk, no doobt, represents a body that hings aboot yer winnock, like a drap hangin' ower abune it frae the eaves—therefore called an eaves drapper.
From Robert Falconer by George MacDonald
"Some tell about their sweethearts, How they tirled them to the winnock, But I'll tell you a bonnie tale About a guid oatmeal bannock."
From The Scottish Fairy Book by Elizabeth Wilson Grierson
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