yill
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"That's no true," exclaimed the child; "the muckle black kist is fou' o' the bottles o' yill that my mither sat up a' nicht brewing for the fair."
From Robert Burns by John Campbell Shairp
Sine as ye brew, my maiden fair, Keep mind that ye maun drink the yill.
From The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
"Some will spend, and some will spare, And wilfu' folk maun hae their will; Syne as ye brew, my maiden fair, Keep mind that ye maun drink the yill."
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
Only, however, we must get an additional pint of yill from the clachan; you know this is my last evening with you, and was to be a merry one at any rate.”
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative by John Mackay Wilson
"Na, na," said Betty, "far frae that; I only want your kin' han' to get in yill again as they can drink."
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 364, April 4, 1829 by Various
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