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  • But this yin's gaun naewhere until I see fresh. pish comin 'oot him the same colour as that.'

    It's October, 1956. Shelagh Power-Chopra 2010

  • But this yin's gaun naewhere until I see fresh pish comin 'oot him the same colour as that.'

    Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2005

  • But this yin's gaun naewhere until I see fresh pish comin 'oot him the same colour as that.'

    Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • So with the yin's romance in alleged peril, the yang's love affair with Angela, the unloveable shrew, gets a boost.

    newsobserver.com blogs LJPerez 2008

  • But this yin's gaun naewhere until I see fresh pish comin 'oot him the same colour as that.'} {\f0\fs24\insrsid5585777\charrsid3999037

    Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • Thae auld times are apt to get a kennin 'mixter-maxter in yin's held. "

    Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

  • "'Deed, Maister Ralph, to tell ye the Guid's truth, it's awfu' deevin '[deafening] leevin' wi 'yin's mither.

    The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

  • "You see, the way o't is this, sir: yin's mither -- (an 'mind, I'm far frae sayin' a word agin my ain mither -- she's a guid yin, for

    The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

  • "Then when they cam 'to lay hands on me, and I aye keepit on saying ower and ower to mysel' as if it were a lesson, 'The big yin's nose, and your e'e, and the ither chap's jaw!'

    Patsy 1887

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