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His first poem was to a "bonie, sweet, sonsie lass" - Nelly Kilpatrick.— Culture | guardian.co.uk
My scarcity of English denies me the power of doing her justice in that language, but you know the Scottish idiom: she was a "bonnie, sweet, sonsie (engaging) lass."— Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists
"Bonnie Betty," the mother of the "sonsie-smirking, dear-bought Bess," of the Inventory, lived in Largieside: to support this daughter the poet made over the copyright of his works when he proposed to go to the West Indies.— The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham
There was no counter or bar, and the liquor was brought "ben" by Oliver or his sonsie wife One Saturday morning I had to go there to see old David Flett about a boat that Captain Gordon wanted to buy from him.— The Pilots of Pomona
Piquante, brave, sonsie, and loving, she bears and smiles through the hardships and vicissitudes of her lot until she loses (as she thinks) the love and trust of "Griff," to whom she had been betrothed for years.— Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook
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