kenspeckle

• “It is a kenspeckle hoof-mark, for the shoe was made by old Eckie of”

  The Monastery

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• “But later, old Morrison was heard to remark that yon young Solomon had a heid on his shoothers, richt enough, a kenspeckle lad - no 'like some that sauntered and drank awa' their time, an 'sponged off their betters, etc.”

  Flashman's Lady

• “Through the throng of bearded sailors we strode and made our way to the kitchen of the Quay Inn. A place sacred to kenspeckle folk it was, and from its smoke-stained rafters hung many pieces of bacon and dried shallots, and there were also bunches of centaury, and camomile, and dandelion root, and bogbean, for the goodman's wife was cunning in medicines of the older-fashioned sort.”

  The McBrides A Romance of Arran

• “Now he felt kenspeckle, not in any suit of material clothes but in a droll sense of nakedness.”

  Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure

• “Red Donald brought with him a hundred claymores and he wasna half so kenspeckle (conspicuous).”

  A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45

• “The immediate front of a battle is a bit too public for anyone to lie hidden in by day, especially when two or three feet of snow make everything kenspeckle.”

  Greenmantle

• “But now, sir, now that your bonds are cut, I see nothing better for you than a well - washed face, for, indeed, you are by ordinary 'kenspeckle,' and no company for maids.”

  A Monk of Fife

• “Surly John must needs abide the telling of it, but when it was done he said: "Well, dame, so it is that I always deemed the lad kenspeckle; and it has moreover turned out as I warned you, that you have got a new master over you.”

  The Sundering Flood

• “A description of him was added, and the stray was so kenspeckle, that Mistress Croale saw the necessity of haste to any hope of advantage.”

  Sir Gibbie

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