Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Scotch form of
cankered .
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Examples
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"I never heard her say that ye was ever cankert, Thomas."
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
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I wiss sair that I hadna been sae cankert wi 'her, whiles. "
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
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"Yer lordship wad never hae had me come at sic a summons as that cankert ted (toad) Johnny Bykes broucht me.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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