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  • When I pu'd the crawpea's blossom, an 'the bloomin' heather-bell,

    The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

  • He pu'd me the strawberry, red frae the foggy glen;

    The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

  • It was Sandy's turn noo; an 'efter Dauvid Kenawee, auld Geordie Steel, an' Moses Certricht had gotten the chairman pu'd oot o 'the butter kit, an' on to the boiler-heid again, Sandy raise ooten his seat wi 'a look on his face like a nicht watchman.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • I may say, of myself and Copperfield, in words we have sung together before now, that We twa hae run about the braes And pu'd the gowans 'fine

    David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917

  • Funeral etiquette could not be _pu'd, i.e. _ made good, if overlooked or neglected at the right time, as it could in the case of the marriage ceremonial.

    Myths and Legends of China 1909

  • He's thrown him a rope, and they've pu'd him frae the sea

    The Sweet Kumadee 1898

  • She put her hand in her pouch, an pu'd oot the glove, wi 'the paper round it, just as it had been when she came upon't.

    A Window in Thrums 1898

  • He up wi 'the gun, took a deleeberate aim, an' pu'd the trigger.

    David Balfour, a sequel to Kidnapped. 1893

  • And as sune as that thing was gane, Tam's heid drapt upon his shouther, and they pu'd him up like a deid corp, dadding on the craig.

    David Balfour, a sequel to Kidnapped. 1893

  • It had amaist a douncome lang syne at the Reformation, when they pu'd doun the kirks of St. Andrews and Perth, and thereawa ', to cleanse them o' Papery, and idolatry, and image worship, and surplices, and sic like rags o 'the muckle hure that sitteth on seven hills, as if ane wasna braid eneugh for her auld hinder end.

    Rob Roy 1887

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