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At the entry of the wood there is a wild common, and on the edge of the common a little lonely change-house, that was keepit then by an hostler wife, -- they suld hae caa'd her Tibbie Faw, -- and there puir Steenie cried for a mutchkin of brandy, for he had had no refreshment the haill day.

Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878

The jackanape they caa'd Major Weir, it jibbered and cried as if it was mocking its master.

Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878

The maist of it was from a neighbour they caa'd Laurie Lapraik -- a sly tod.

Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878

He wasna a bad master to his ain folk, though, and was weel aneugh liked by his tenants; and as for the lackeys and troopers that rade out wi 'him to the persecutions, as the Whigs caa'd those killing-times, they wad hae drunken themsells blind to his health at ony time.

Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878

Sir Robert caa'd it Major Weir, after the warlock that was burnt; and few folk liked either the name or the conditions of the creature -- they thought there was something in it by ordinar -- and my gudesire was not just easy in mind when the door shut on him, and he saw himsell in the room wi 'naebody but the laird, Dougal

Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878

It's true he's caa'd a flunky, which does not sound quite the thing; but what of that? what's in a name? pugh! it does not signify a bawbee -- no, nor that pinch of snuff: for, if we descend to particulars, we're all flunkies together, except his

The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824

"Ou, at the observe of Lovetenant Todrick, or what they caa'd him, about the tripe; and the answer of Duncan MacAlpine on that head, 'That ilka man has his ain taste.'"

The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824

"Ou, at the observe of Lovetenant Todrick, or what they caa'd him, about the tripe; and the answer of Duncan MacAlpine on that head, 'That ilka man has his ain taste.'"

The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824

It's true he's caa'd a flunky, which does not sound quite the thing; but what of that? what's in a name? pugh! it does not signify a bawbee -- no, nor that pinch of snuff: for, if we descend to particulars, we're all flunkies together, except his

The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824

The jackanape they caa'd Major Weir, it jibbered and cried as if it was mocking its master; my gudesire's head was like to turn -- he forgot baith siller and receipt, and downstairs he banged; but as he ran, the shrieks came faint and fainter; there was a deep-drawn shivering groan, and word gaed through the castle that the laird was dead.

Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801