10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAWKIEST»
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... appears likely to direct his attention that way, the robin, in nine cases out of ten,
gives him a decided hint with his sharp bill to " keep out of that ; " and I never yet
saw even the pawkiest sparrow venture to stand up to the aggressive redbreast.
Or look at the hundreds of Scottish songs — the "pawkiest," drollest, mirth-
provoking literature in the world. Scottish literature is a subject by itself, and could
not be brought in at the tail of an article. But it is at once a product and an
indication of ...
Although never really well in his later years, and in addition intensely nervous
about himself, he yet contrived to maintain a willing courteous cheeriness that
never failed. His was the pawkiest humour that I have ever known, lit by the
quaintest ...
Or look at the hundreds of Scottish songs — the "pawkiest," drollest, mirth-
provoking literature in the world. Scottish literature is a subject by itself, and could
not be brought in at the tail of an article. But it is at once a product and an
indication of ...
Theodore L. Flood, Frank Chapin Bray, 1898
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Tait's Edinburgh Magazine
Smith, the "sleest, pawkiest thief," and Robert Burns were one night coming up
the street, when their attention was arrested by a noise issuing from the hostelry.
They went in. It was but a night of "fun and fury" to Richmond and Smith ; but the ...
William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone, 1852
6
The Amazing Illustrated Word Game Memory Books: Twenty-One ...
1W=23=Gnome (IEAST) 8-Letter Words Alphagrams BAWDIEST ABDEISTW
WACKIEST ACEIKSTW TIDEWAYS ADEISTWY FLATWISE FLA WIEST
AEFILSTW GAWKIEST AEGIKSTW WASHIEST AEHISSTW PAWKIEST
AEIKPSTW ...
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A Supplement to the Glossary of the Dialect of Cumberland
Pawky, 237. You've sic a pawky, coaxin way — e.c.n. 1888, Jan. 7, p. 8. They
cawt yan anudder for aw t' . . . pawkiest . . . rapscallions — w.c t.x. 1901, p. 23, col.
a. Pawt, 237. A child when first trying to walk is said to be beginning to pawt
aboot.
Edward William Prevost, Simon Dickson Brown, 1905
There are persons who have a sense of humour to whom the pranks of wit are an
impertinence. The true account of Sydney Smith's joke respecting the necessity of
trepanning a Scotsman is that the Scotch have the pawkiest appreciation of ...
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The Epistles O' Hugh Airlie: (formerly O' Scotland, ...
Like mony mair in this world he micht be honorable eneuch when it paid him
either in pouch or carackter tae be sae, but the pawkiest sophist in auld Rome
cudna get me tae believe that ony man wi' a spark 0' honor in him wad gang
prowlin ...
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Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil: With a Full ...
Alexander and Sons, who brew their own "yel," called " Inkermann," which
rapadura sugar makes a trifle more capitous than the pawkiest of Scotch barley
braes, and which has rolled over many a stout fellow neatly as could a Russian
gun.
Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1869
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAWKIEST»
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Ashes 2013-14: Kevin Pietersen's new look bores the MCG crowd …
... his contribution on day one. It may have been his pawkiest innings but given England's psychological state, it was one of his most valuable. «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 13»
