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  • Anybody taking up that Homecoming invitation - be sure and gie's a shout.

    The Civilized Shopper's Guide to Edinburgh and Glasgow - A Dress A Day 2009

  • They'd follow you around if you walked away, like a procession of Hare Krishnas, chanting their mantra: 'Gaunny gie's a bit, eh gaunny?

    A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

  • You couldnae gie's a lenny a wee drap milk for ma cornflakes? '

    Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • You couldnae gie's a lenny a wee drap milk for ma cornflakes? '

    Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • You couldnae gie's a lenny a wee drap milk for ma cornflakes? '

    Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • O horo, the Gillie Mor, come awa an gie's yer blether

    Gillie Mor 1997

  • Come gie's a song, Montgomery cried and lay your disputes a 'aside

    Tullochgorum 1996

  • Come gie's a song, Montgomery cried and lay your disputes a 'aside

    Tullochgorum (2) 1996

  • Three reefs tae the foresail in = under high winds teetotllers = teetotalers gie's = give us ripper = metal bar with hooks, tied to a sea line coddie = codfish

    The Fisherman's Wife 1992

  • Sandy keepit his temper something winderfu ', an' he juist quietly set doon Nickerbucker Tammie on the seat an 'says, "Ay, loonie; juist you sit still there till your mither gie's your nose a dicht, an' ties your gartins; an 'you'll get a piece an' jeely on't when the trainie stops. "

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

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