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Sae ae auld hirpling deevil of a potter behoved just to step in my way and offer me a pig, as he said, just to put my Scotch ointment in, and I gave him a push, as but natural, and the tottering deevil coupit ower amang his ain pigs, and damaged a score of them.
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Ye'll be coupit down and loupit on by a lesser man than me
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Peartree's grandson coupit oot o 'the cart on the day o' the
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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Moniplies (also for sense of 'behoved'): 'Ae auld hirplin deevil of a potter behoved just to step in my way, and offer me a pig (earthern pot -- etym. dub.), as he said "just to put my Scotch ointment in;" and I gave him a push, as but natural, and the tottering deevil coupit owre amang his own pigs, and damaged a score of them.'
The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859
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Moniplies (also for sense of "behoved"): "Ae auld hirplin deevil of a potter behoved just to step in my way, and offer me a pig (earthen pot -- etym. dub.), as he said 'just to put my Scotch ointment in'; and I gave him a push, as but natural, and the tottering deevil coupit owre amang his own pigs, and damaged a score of them."
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859
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I trusted to hae gotten a cast wi 'the Royal Charlotte, but she's coupit yonder, it's like, at Kittlebrig.
The Antiquary 1845
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Would it be so, were the Gael to allege, that "her nainsell had coupit you by a pig kick on her preach?"
Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812
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Royal Charlotte, but she's coupit yonder, it's like, at Kittlebrig.
The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801
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Royal Charlotte, but she's coupit yonder, it's like, at Kittlebrig.
The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Sae ae auld hirpling deevil of a potter behoved just to step in my way and offer me a pig, as he said, just to put my Scotch ointment in, and I gave him a push, as but natural, and the tottering deevil coupit ower amang his ain pigs, and damaged a score of them.
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
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