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  • noun Geordie Alternative spelling of lonnen.

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Examples

  • Only through yonder belt of trees that overhung the "lonnin," and they would be in the court of Angus Ray's homestead.

    The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892

  • Weel, thoo knows she was Paul Ritson's dog, Fan was; and when she saw this man coming up the lonnin, she frisk't and wag't her tail.

    A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892

  • He had walked half a mile further, and reached the lonnin that led to the Ghyll, when he was almost overrun by Greta Lowther, who came tripping out of the gate of a meadow, her bonnet swinging over her arm, her soft, wavy hair floating over her white forehead, her cheeks colored with a warm glow, a roguish light in her eyes, and laughter on the point of bubbling out of her lips.

    A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892

  • Then the troop disappeared down the lonnin -- the men calling, the dogs barking.

    A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892

  • Christian and Peter in the lonnin, the one carrying a scythe over his shoulder, the other a bundle of rushes under his one arm.

    A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892

  • Greta had reached the lonnin that went up to the Ghyll.

    A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892

  • Then Greta swung about and walked down the lonnin.

    A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892

  • The lawyer bowed, but before they had exchanged the courtesies of welcome, a horse's tramp came from the road, and in a moment Drayton rode up the lonnin.

    A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892

  • "He challenged me to cross Windybrowe while he ran round the Bowder stone, but I got to the lonnin before he had crossed the bridge."

    A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892

  • He strode a few paces down the lonnin and then back to the porch.

    A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892

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