10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BITTOCK»
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
A little bit, S. B. synon. with bittock, S. A. ; pron. buttle or bottie, Aberd. Dan. bitte,
pauxillus, pauxillulus. Bittock, s. 1. A little bit, S. " That was a bonnie sang ye were
singin.— Ha'e you ony mair o't ?" — " A wee bittock," said Tibbie ; "but I downa ...
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
A little bit, S. B. synon. with bittock, S. A. ; pron. buttie or bottie, Aberd. Dan. bitle,
pauxillus, pauxillulus. Bittock, s. 1. A little bit, S. " That was a bonnie sang ye were
singin. — Ha'e you ony mair o't?" — " A wee bittock," said Tibbie ; " but I downa ...
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Delphi Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (Illustrated)
A mile an' a bittock, a mile or twa, Abüne the burn, ayont the law, Davie an' Donal'
an' Cherlie an' a', An' the müne was shinin' clearly! Ane went hame wi' the ither,
an'then The ither went hame wi' the ither twa men, An' baith wad return himthe ...
Robert Louis Stevenson,
2013
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The Poetical Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (Extended ...
A mile an' a bittock, a mile or twa, Abüne the burn, ayont the law, Davie an' Donal'
an' Cherlie an'a', An' the müne was shinin' clearly! Ane went hame wi' theither,an'
then The itherwent hame wi' the ither twa men, An' baith wad return him the ...
Robert Louis Stevenson,
2014
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The Complete Poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson
IV—A MILE AN' A BITTOCK A mile an' a bittock, a mile or twa, Abune the burn,
ayont the law, Davie an' Donal' an' Cherlie an' a', An' the müne was shinin' clearly
! Ane went hame wi' the ither, an' then The ither went hame wi' the ither twa men ...
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Sporting Magazine: Or, Monthly Calendar of the Transactions ...
We found to our cost that mine host's four miles and " a bittock" were true
Highland admeasurement, name- "ly, the bittock nearly as long as the miles.
Neither our light nor plight were favorable for scenic observations ; but let the
reader ...
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A Mosaic of Corpus Linguistics: Selected Approaches
In fact, bittock 'a little bit,' cogie 'a small cogue,' lowing 'a reckoning at a tavern bill,
' rigging 'the back' and pladdy 'a small plaid' are documented for the first time in
EModE. Significantly, the OED dates the first citations of bittock, cogie and ...
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An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
Robert Louis Stevenson. An' I, wha sang o' rain an' snaw, An' weary winter weel
awa\ Noo busk me in a jacket braw, An' tak my place I' the ram-stam, harum-
scarum raw, Wi' smilin' face. IV A MILE AN' A BITTOCK A mile an* a bittock, a mile
or ...
Robert Louis Stevenson,
2009
[The mention, by the way, of these two personage: together puts us in mind of the
Scottish answer to travellers about a mile and a bittock,—the said bittock, or little
bit, being perhaps three or four miles in addition. ' ' Reader. There, Mr. Indicator ...
And as they walked Tony recited the first verse from Stevenson's poem, “A Mile
an' a Bittock”: “A mile an' a bittock, a mile or twa, / Abune the burn, ayont the law, /
Davie an' Donal' an' Cherlie an' a', / An' the mune was shinin' clearly!” After half ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BITTOCK»
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Festival's fabulous finale
The winner of the Ellis Trophy for solo verse speaking was Rachael Syme for her rendition of A Mile An' A Bittock by R L Stevenson. The Ailie ... «Glasgow Evening Times, Mar 13»
A global ingle-neuk, or, the size of our vocabulary
Guessing that lassock is a diminutive of lass might not be too hard (cf. bittock “a little bit” in the glossary), and perhaps most southerners are ... «OUPblog, Oct 12»
New American's dream lottery win
Speaking at a news conference, Mr Bittock said the money would not change him and his wife, who is a nurse. Apart from spending money on ... «BBC News, Sep 05»