auldest

But there was no question of his ever dying anywhere but in his auld American wooden house, in the auldest part of

Peter Pouncey - An interview with author 2010

Her auldest laddie's been awa 'oot amon' the Reed Indians, or some o 'thae ither lang-haired, naked fowk' at never wash themsel's; an 'they say he's made a heap o' bawbees.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

I hae freends con-nekit wi 'the auldest clans, and though I'm, in a mainner o' speakin ', i' the tail o 'Doom, as I was i' the tail o 'his faither afore him -- peace wi' him, he was the grand soger!

Doom Castle Neil Munro

See where the first stream o’ light fa’s—it’s upon Donagild’s round tower—the auldest tower in the Castle o’ Ellangowan—that’s no for naething!

Chapter XLVI 1917

Shetland hose, and mittens, thread, and patent shears, measuring, and all other particulars belonging to our trade, which he said, at long and last, after we had joked together, was a power better one than the farming line; and he promised to bind his auldest callant 'prentice to me to the tailoring trade.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Various 1909

` ` There's the Laird o 'Dunder, ane o' the auldest families in

The Black Dwarf 1898

Syne Jean, the auldest lassie, gets up frae the table an 'lifts the jug or the plates an' gaes awa ben to the east room for what's wanted.

A Window in Thrums 1898

"I'm the dame's auldest neighbor," he had said at the Red Lion that afternoon, when the event of the night previous had been discussed.

The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892

The auldest o 'them said to her mither: "Mither, bake me a bannock, and roast me a collop, for I'm gaun awa' to seek my fortune. "

Blue Fairy Book 1889

It's the auldest bank in Soho, an 'there's nane atween you and the head o' it.

Winter Evening Tales Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875