Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Scotch form of
jade .
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Examples
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"Young women," said Drumcarro, "there is not one I ever heard of except yourself, ye thankless jaud!"
Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891
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` ` O ay, I ken a 'about it --- it was a Hieland loon gied the letter to that lang-tongued jaud the gudewife there; I'll be sworn my maister ken'd naething about it.
Rob Roy 1887
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I heard ane o 'his gillies bid that auld rudas jaud of a gudewife gie ye that.
Rob Roy 1887
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I wad try to keep him mysel ', that is, gien he wad bide -- but there's that jaud Jean!
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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'Ye lang-leggit jaud!' she added, as she rose -- and at the same moment Shargar banged the street-door behind him in his terror -- 'I wat ye dinna carry yer coats ower syde (too long)!'
Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864
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But I cudna hae bidden (endured) the jaud, 'cep' at I had rizzons for lattin 'her jaw wag.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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"The jaud wants a wheen harder wark nor I hae hauden till her han ', an' doobtless it's preparin 'for her!"
Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864
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The jaud 'll be watchin' ye like a cat watchin 'a mouse.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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"An 'what was 't she was efter, the jaud?" cried Miss Horn, without any attempt to conceal her growing interest.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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"That wad be an unco impudent claim, the hizzie Rose Cameron tried to set up agin your grace, as I hear all the folk say out by -- the jaud maunn be clear daft."
The Lost Lady of Lone Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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