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- noun Plural form of
bucht .
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Examples
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I asked him what he meant, and he told me that for months past she had made her appearance by the first daylight at the 'buchts' or sheep-pens in the cattle-market, and worked incessantly, and to excellent purpose, in helping the shepherds to get their sheep and lambs in.
The Human Side of Animals Royal Dixon 1923
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I asked him what he meant, and he told me that for months past she had made her appearance by the first daylight at the “buchts” or sheep-pens in the cattle market, and worked incessantly, and to excellent purpose, in helping the shepherds to get their sheep and lambs in.
Spare Hours John Brown 1846
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2 At buchts, in the morning, nae blithe lads are scorning,
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete George Gilfillan 1845
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2 At buchts, in the morning, nae blithe lads are scorning,
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 3 George Gilfillan 1845
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John could now play, very tolerably, the old Scottish air of "_the Ewe-buchts, Marion!
The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People
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