10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOWMOND»
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Gobbledygook: A Dictionary That's 2/3 Accurate, 1/3 Nonsense ...
spruiker,. blimsie,. towmond. spruiker (SPROOK-uhr) (noun): A barker, as at a
carnival. Elvis Presley's manager, “Colonel” Tom Parker (the title was an
honorary one), served as a carnival barker prior to his involvement with talent
management ...
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Lilts and Larks Frae Larkie
TIME'S TOWMOND WAB. 153 But dark were its woe clouds, big, big, its drab,
Sorrow seemed trump in Time's towmond wab. Chorus — Time's towmond wab is
woven, Beam'd fu' again is his loom ; O, may his warp and his woof be Scanty o' ...
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The English dialect dictionary
We leuch thegither mair last nicht than we hae dune for a towmond, SERVICE
Nolandmns (1890) 23. Edb. Jock had ser'd three tomans wi' laird Dunstock,
LEARMONT Poems (1791) 56. Silt. It's no twice in the towmont l venture to call
him Kit, ...
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The Works: In Four Volumes
sears poem Towmond. Atwelvemonth. “ To this towmond I'se indent.” - - Ramsay.
Tennis. Rough, shaggy. “ He's an auld tawtie touzie beast.” - Sears so“; Toy. A
very old fashion of female head-dress. a “ My grannie's joy is her grannie's toy.
Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham, 1835
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British Women's History: A Documentary History from the ...
A towmond ye micht ta'en to seek, Nor seen a pipe in callan's cheek, Or heard an
aith. They kept the neuk Ilk nicht whan faither tuk the beuk, An' ran at biddin,
wrocht their wark, An' gat their schulin' efter dark. There's been an unco grit ado,
An' ...
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The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life
Scots Poem, Towmond. A twelvemonth. " To this towmond I'se indent." . . Ramsay
. Towzie. Rough, shaggy. " He's an auld tawtie touzie beast." . Scots Song. Toy. A
very old fashion of female head-dress. " My grannie's joy is her grannie's toy.
Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham, 1834
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The Songs of Robert Burns
A towmond o' trouble, should that be my fa', A night 0' gude fellowship sowthers it
a'; 10 When at the blythe end of our journey at last, Wha the deil ever thinks O' the
road he has past. Blind Chance, let her snapper and stoyte on her way; Be't ...
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Observations on several parts of Great Britain: particularly ...
The Dame brings forth in complimental mood, To grace the lad, her weel hain'd
kebbuck, fell % And aft he's prest, and aft he ca's it guid : The frugal wifie,
garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell J. The
cheerfu' ...
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Beauties of the British Poets: With Notices, Biographical ...
J Soups, a small quantity of any thing liquid. 1 Hawkie, a cow • 'Yont, beyond. b
Hallan, partition wall in a cottage c Weel-hain'd, well-spared. d Kebtmck, cheese.
e Fell, biting. f Ca's, calls. I Guid, good. k Towmond auld, a twelvemonth old.
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The mirror of poesy, or, Beauties of the poets: carefully ...
Soupe, a small quantity of any thing liquid. 1 Hawkie, a cow. * 'Yont, beyond. b
Hattan, partition wall in a cottage. c Weel-hain'd, well-spared. d Kebbuck, cheese.
e Felt, biting. ' Ca's, calls. S Guid, good. 11 Towmond auld, a twelvemonth old.
