10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DONSIE»
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From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of ...
1983 Broaddus and McAtee Estill Co Word List 38 = shiftless. donnick, donock
See dornick donsie, dansy, dauncey, dauncy, dawney, dawny, doncey, doncy,
donny, donsy adj Sick, sick-looking; weak, frail, feeble, delicate; squeamish, ...
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Gobbledygook: A Dictionary That's 2/3 Accurate, 1/3 Nonsense ...
collieshangie,. luctus,. donsie. collieshangie. (KAHL-ee-shan-ee) (noun): A
squabble, brawl, or uproar. It's the Scottish equivalent to the Irish word “
donnybrook.” luctus. (LuCK-tuss) (adj.): Of or relating to the common or mundane.
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Yks. [donJ.] F astidious, nice, damty of appetite. See Densh; cf. dauneh. N.Cy.l, th.
l w.Yks. GROSE (1790) M5. Mid.; SCATCHERD Ilisl. filorlqv -1830) CL; PIPER
DinLS/uflirld (1824) 23; Yks. N. {-7' Q. (1888 H.113. DONSIE, ndj.' and sb.1 Sc. th.
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. A-Kut
One to whom escheated property is made over on certain conditions. S. DONCIE,
s. A clown ; a booby. V. Donsie. S. DONGYN, Doungin, part. pa. of Ding. DONIE, *
. A hare, Ang. It is probable that this word has either originally signified a deer, ...
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An etymological dictionary of the Scottish language: ...
DONSIE, Doncie, adj. l. Affectedly neat and trim, implying the idea of self-
importance ; frequently applied to one small in size, S. She gae'd as fait as a new
preen, And kept her housie snod and been j Her pewthcr glanc'd npo' your ecu
Like ...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns
Donsie, (I) vicious, bad-tempered: ' ye ne'er was donsie '; (2) restive: 'their donsie
tricks '; (3) testy: ' ye wad na been sae donsie, O.' Boat, (I) woe: ' sing dool,' ' may
dool and sorrow be his lot,' ' O, dool on the day'; (2) sorrow: 'to sit in dool,' ...
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
V. Donsie. DO-NAE-BETTER, s. A substitute, when one can find nothing better, S.
DO-NAE-GUDE, Dinkagood, s. 1. One who, by his conduct, gives reason to
believe that he -will do no good, Ayrs., South of S. '* He has since put out a book,
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Ilc 76 - Record of Proceedings
Donsie Khumalo. the regional secretary of COSATU in northern Transvaal. was
arrested on 1 June and accused of having transgressed the restrictions imposed
on him. And the persons arrested. such as Donsie Khumalo. who were. it is ...
International Labour Organization Nathanaël G. Mensah, Organization. International Labour, Internat, 1989
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The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia: or the Original ...
Dingle dingle-donsie, Be crouse ay, be crouse ay ; Dingle dingle-donsie, Ye'se
hae a brosc 0' pease, &c. Di n k — To walk with a more affected air when in dress
than ' when not so. Dinnle— To quiver, to shake, &c. Dinted — Struck, as with ...
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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: ...
G. art, indolcs, added as a termi. nation, q. of a stupid nature, or habitually stupid.
A. Bor. dtumy deaf, and dual.' stupificd, are probably allied. V. DAW. DONSIE,
DONCIE, 1111/. 1. Atl'ectedly neat and trim, implying the idea of self-importance ...
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Dell Devil. donsie unlucky. dowie depressed. ta fadge to eat together. hacka someone who commits a serious foul in football. wor hoose home. «Independent, Aug 06»
