yauld
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of yauld
First recorded in 1780–90; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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Ay," said the village folk, "we've gotten the auld man back, and dod! he's clean yauld!
From The Setons by Douglas, O.
Od, ance I gat a wee soupled yestreen, I was as yauld as an eel.
From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir
If I was young and yauld like you I wad gang into the Hoose, and I wadna rest till I had riddled oot the truith and jyled every scoondrel about the place.
From Huntingtower by Buchan, John
You get a coble, and a yauld old Celt, its master, and are rowed across to Inchmahome, the Isle of Rest.
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
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