leddie

In the sense that ye appear to desire your cousin to hae nerrves, I dinna ken mysel 'what use they wad be to a young leddie wi' a speerit such as she has.

Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days Anna W. Ford Piper

Ye'll be gay an 'glad for the leddie ye've chosen,

Nets to Catch the Wind Elinor Wylie 1906

I was there to hear Mrs. Mavor sing to the crowd of gamins that thronged the closes in the neighbourhood, and that had been gathered into a club by 'a fine leddie frae the West End, 'for the love of Christ and His lost.

Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks Ralph Connor 1898

The fire did not look very formidable to me, and on asking the men if there was any danger of its reaching the house, one put down his barrow, and while he slowly wetted the palms of his hands, and rubbed them together, said, "Na fear, me leddie; a barrowfu 'o' sand noo an 'then wul keep it fra' gangin 'any further."

A Trip to Manitoba Mary FitzGibbon 1883

"Them as find it like that, my leddie, needn't bide there."

The Eustace Diamonds Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1872

There ain't no useful animal as I kens the name and nature of as he can't have in Ayrshire, — for paying for it, my leddie; — horse, pownie, or ass, just whichever you please, my leddie.

The Eustace Diamonds Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1872

"Seddles don't come for nowt, my leddie, though it be Ayrshire."

The Eustace Diamonds Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1872

"What's the matter, my bonnie leddie?" said Hughie, rather patronizingly.

Stories of Many Lands Grace Greenwood 1863

There ain't no useful animal as I kens the name and nature of as he can't have in Ayrshire, -- for paying for it, my leddie; -- horse, pownie, or ass, just whichever you please, my leddie.

The Eustace Diamonds Anthony Trollope 1848

"Seddles don't come for nowt, my leddie, though it be Ayrshire."

The Eustace Diamonds Anthony Trollope 1848