10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPLEUCHAN»
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
Inventories, A. 1578, p. 222. It is observed, vo. Splentis, that splints denoted a
defence for the arms. SPLEUCHAN, s. A tobacco-pouch, S.] Add; " But I was
saying there's some siller in this spleu- chan that's like the Captain's ain, for we've
aye ...
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
Inventories, A. 1578, p. 222. It is observed, vo. Splentis, that splints denoted a
defence for the arms. SPLEUCHAN, s. A tobacco-pouch, S.] Add; " But I was
saying there's some siller in this spleu- chan that's like the Captain's ain, for we've
aye ...
The name of M'SPLEUCHAN or BLUTER— but, however, you fellows are awfully
ignorant on these points. Why, I have lived in London, in Spain, in Italy, in Greece
, to say nothing of the country parts of England, and I never met with a man who ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1852
Direful frost this, Master Splutter," " Spleuchan, wi' yere favor," Interrupted the
tobacconist: "I aye kenned it wad be a lang and sair frost; but we'll cry up a
tankard, Maister Demicrock, and then I'll tell ye ray story." "Do so, Splutter; and if
thine ale ...
"Spleuchan, wi' yere favor," Interrupted the tobacconist: "I aye kenned it wad be a
lang and salr frost; but we'll cry up a tankard, Maister Demicrock, and then I'll tell
ye my story." "Do so, Splutter; and if thine ale be good, I'll cry up Ike tankard; he, ...
Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree, 1843
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Scots and its Literature
The words which make their first recorded appearance in Burns are glaum '
snatch', crummock 'crooked stick' and spleuchan 'tobacco-pouch'; and it is
observable that he uses the last two as rhyme-words in earthily humorous
passages.1 ...
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Forget me not; a Christmas and new year's present. (Ed. by ...
Spleuchan, wi' yere favour," interrupted the tobacconist : " I aye kenned it wad be
a lang and sair frost ; but we '11 cry up a tankard, Maister Demicrock, and then I '
11 tell ye my story." — " Do so, Splutter ; and if thine ale be good, I '11 cry up the ...
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Notes, Historical And Illustrative, By The Author, Glossary, Etc
“Spleuchan.” A spleuchan is a tobacco-pouch, occasionally used as a purse.
Note 58. p. 286. c. l. l. 3. “ Whistling.” Whistling, among the tenantry of a large
estate, is, when an individual gives such information to the proprietor, or his
managers, ...
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Guy Mannering: Or, the Astrologer
“Ay, but when your honour' wadna take your fee ye wadna hae the cause neither,
sae l'll ne'er fash you on a Saturday at e'eu again —-- but I was saying, there's
some siller in the spleuchan* that's like the Captain's ain, for we've aye counted it
...
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The Scots Magazine ...
George Douglas, serjeant of police, said, That he, in company with Mr Maclaren,
searched Kelly's house, and found a tobacco spleuchan,which he identified.
David Loch, carter in Biggar, said, That he remembers being employed to bring a
...
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Gaelic is very much a modern language with an ancient history but how any of us can tell a spleuchan from a skean or do you know the difference between ... «Scotland Now, Oct 14»
