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He had, indeed, been scandalised by another circumstance during the service So soon as the congregation were seated after prayers, and the clergyman had read his text, the gracious Duncan, after rummaging the leathern purse which hung in front of his petticoat, produced a short tobacco-pipe made of iron, and observed, almost aloud, "I hae forgotten my spleuchan--Lachlan, gang down to the clachan, and bring me up a pennyworth of twist."— The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete
Rob's spleuchan had also been presented by Mr. Train to Sir Walter, in— Rob Roy — Volume 01
I wad esteem the contents o 'that spleuchan as the most precious treasure.— The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
Deil mak his kings-hood in a spleuchan!— 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
Deil mak his king's-hood in a spleuchan!— Robert Burns How To Know Him
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