Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Scotch form of
golden .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Scot. Golden.
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Examples
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You'll be mine, noo, an' till the end o' time, ma bonnie lassie, I'll tak the full guid o' ye'and gie it back, and gie it back tae ye:a furst kiss, a lang promise: time's gowden ring.
Poems for a wedding 2011
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And he wanted to gie me snuff first, and I wouldna hev that; and then he offered me a gowden guinea, but I was no sic awpy, and to bring you here tonight, and cross the candle wi 'pins, to call your lover in.
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And he wanted to gie me snuff first, and I wouldna hev that; and then he offered me a gowden guinea, but I was no sic awpy, and to bring you here tonight, and cross the candle wi 'pins, to call your lover in.
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Maister o 'His promise to come again an' receive me till Himsel '-- no' that it isna a gowden word; but I want it keepit till the last an 'it's the last word I want to hear.
St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles
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Donald an 'me was sittin' fon'lin 'her gowden curls an' biddin 'ane anither no' to greet -- for ae broken hairt can comfort anither broken hairt -- he slippit the token frae oot her puir cauld wee haun ', an' he read the writin 'that's on't oot lood:' This do in remembrance of Me, 'an' he says, 'I'll dae it in remembrance o' them baith, mither -- o '
St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles
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Whar rivers row ower gowden sands, and flower unfading blaw,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Ph [oe] bus, wi 'gowden crest, leaves ocean's heaving breast
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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They were like twa gowden eagles gliding in the air ower a ben wi 'ta sun shinin' on it.
The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough
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The Scotch blue-bell, &c. When e'enin's gowden curtains hing
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Well, well, a stranger cam 'in one day and asked refreshment and got it, and then he plankit down a gowden guinea and waited for his change, for the stranger was a ganger, and here was
The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars
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