10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DAFTIE»
Discover the use of
daftie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
daftie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
She gaed forrit to the daftie. 'Gie me my bairn.' The daftie grippit the bairn aa the
tichter. 'Help me, faither,' said Mary, and grippit the craitur's twa wrists. Tarn stude
the lantern on the flair. 'Leave her,' he said, 'and I'll grip her.' 'She'll mebbe let it ...
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The Modern Scottish Novel: Narrative and the National ...
in books it was sent the wee red daftie at Cuddiestoun clean skite, they say. And
father poked out his beard at her. Say? Would you rather see her skite with book-
learning or skite with - and then he stopped, and began to rage at Dod and Alec ...
Lunaria, anxinquiring Lady from the Moon; Daftie, her Traveling Companion;
Aunt Samuel, an American Housekeeper ; Lady Cornfed, an aristocratic Lady,
who is rather quarrelsome ; Goddes9 of Liberty, No. I, who has just stepped down
from ...
The shadow yelped and snarled at that, but was gone from the ditch when Rob
picked up another stone; so he went on with his work; and the daftie, tearing
along the Kinraddie road out towards the Bridge End, with the blood red trickling
down ...
Lewis Grassic Gibbon, 2010
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It's Hard to Talk about Yourself
“My uncle the Daftie sometimes used to go to yourmamma's lunch parties,” my
mother said. “Sometimes. Not always, though. Daftie used to put on airs a bit; he
thought they were a rather bourgeois and reactionary set. He put on airs a bit,
your ...
Natalia Ginzburg, Cesare Garboli, Lisa Ginzburg, 2003
So Rob was just starting to mash up the minister childe when round the bend with
a funny bit screech came the daftie Tony, he scraiched like a hen with a seed in
its throat and ran and caught at Rob's arm. He's only a half-witted cleric, Rob, ...
Lewis Grassic Gibbon, 2007
She usually hits the emergency cut-out when she hears my signal. Must be on
holiday or something.' The wall was now but inches from pulping them into the
aforementioned tomato puree. 'HENRICK!' The Celtic daftie was now joining Billy
in ...
Petey Todd, leader of the snips and snails, must have spotted us, for a moment
later, the boys' voices rose in a singsong chant. When Daftie Rosy passed away,
What do you think they done? Sold her off as fishing bait: A copper for a ton!
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The Things We Used to Say
'My uncle the Daftie sometimes used to go to your mamma's lunch parties,' my
mother said. 'Sometimes. Not always, though. The Daftie used to put on airs a bit;
he thought they were a rather bourgeois and reactionary set. He put on airs a bit,
...
And sure as death it did. off to the asylum they hurled the daftie. he wen! with a
nurse's mutch Oil his head and he put his head out of the back of the waggon and
said Cock- adoodledoo! to some school bairns the waggon passed on the road ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DAFTIE»
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daftie is used in the context of the following news items.
Good Samaritan stabbed SIX times for calling the cops on crazed …
“The next thing I knew he was in my living room – he said, 'have you got a problem, daftie?' It felt like he punched me, then I saw the knife.”. «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
Michelle Watt: 60 Minute Makeover presenter found dead aged just 38
“She was a true professional and I was the joker, the daftie. Rex Jim Watt. Champion: Jim Watt won the WBC lightweight crown against Alfredo ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
Jesterval comedy festival to bring the laughs back to Gateshead Quays
Maybe it's because we're a bit out on our own up here or maybe we just love a daftie! Sue Sweeney: What song would best provide the ... «The Journal, May 15»
Michael Tierney: Prince Harry at Glasgow job centre
WA: The sausage roll, ya daftie. The dole. Now, you can get all kinds of things. Mattresses, bed covers, sheets… PH: The dole? Like, rings a ... «Scotsman, Mar 15»
Theatre review
... Whitefield gives a heart-rending turn as Tottie, here more a free spirit without any social buffers to contain her than a one-dimensional daftie. «Herald Scotland, Oct 14»
The Scottish people have spoken so it's only fair to give them …
“We do, you daftie,” says an old pro. “In fact, we've already said it and we'll keep saying it till they do.” “And what do if they do deliver?” “We say ... «Financial Times, Sep 14»
Grado: Buckfast and banter with UK wrestling's new hope
He was the 'daftie' grapple fan made into a cult hero by documentaries on Vice and BBC1. Now, the Scotsman with the leotard and the bumbag ... «The Guardian, Jul 14»
Running Of The Bulls Selfie Costs Man $4100 Fine
Daftie, in the running of the bulls up in Pamplona this morning. (Via @el_pais ) pic.twitter.com/5l3hMxgS1c. — AS English (@English_AS) July ... «International Business Times, Jul 14»
STV Glasgow launch night: Introducing David Farrell
Glasgow's one of those places that's when it's your home it's your home and with all that's going on in the city this year you'd be a daftie to leave ... «STV Glasgow, Jun 14»
All the right ingredients for a giant-sized panto
This performance of 'Jack' had every ingredient essential to a good panto - good fairies, a wicked villain, a simple daftie, a wee pour-oot of ... «Fife Today, Dec 13»
