Definitions
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- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The redshank.
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- noun UK, dialect, Essex The
redshank .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It teuk th 'braiksmin half e shift te clag thim up wi plaistors.
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Th 'neuin been raised, teuk off his clais, then at it thae went dabbin;
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He teuk the horn3 from Mungo, priet4 a soup o 'the crowdie, an' wi 'that he seiz't haut o' the man by baith shouthers ere the blastie5 raught6 for's knife.
Richard Carvel Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947 1899
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"D'ye think if ye teuk her legs, and she teuk her heat, we could pitch her richt oot into the sea, Maister Ken?" said Scoodrach, in a low, hoarse voice.
Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai George Manville Fenn 1870
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It was the great grey geuse bird teuk her for a lamb.
Steve Young George Manville Fenn 1870
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Maister set himsel 'to feed the hungerin' thoosan's, he teuk intil's han 'what there was, an' vroucht upo 'that to mak mair o' 't.
Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864
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But he was as heumble as he was fit, an 'never teuk ony credit till himsel' for onything 'at he did or was; an' this she was ill pleased wi ', though she cudna help likin' him, an 'made nae banes o' lattin 'him see' at he wasna a'thegither a scunner till her.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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I teuk mysel weel ower the heckles, but I cudna mak oot 'at I cud a'thegither help it.
Heather and Snow George MacDonald 1864
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Ah chhkae chhkuot, ah lob teuk kanduoy yuon ning bon sak, ah chhkae yuon kantob.
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An 'me, tez zeben yur sinz' e teuk me vur 'iz weiv.
Monsieur De Pourceaugnac 1622-1673 Moli��re 1647
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