Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bole , 1.
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Examples
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I hae news to tell ye, and ye'll cool and come to yourself, like MacGibbon's crowdy, when he set it out at the window-bole. ''
Rob Roy 1887
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Ye'll cool and come to yoursel, like MacGibbon's crowdy when he set it oot at the window-bole.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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Odd, but I put a trick on ye, for I was out at the window-bole when your auld back was turned, and awa down by to hae a baff at the popinjay, and I shot within twa on't.
Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801
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Odd, but I put a trick on ye, for I was out at the window-bole when your auld back was turned, and awa down by to hae a baff at the popinjay, and I shot within twa on't.
Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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I hae news to tell ye, and ye’ll cool and come to yourself, like MacGibbon’s crowdy, when he set it out at the window-bole.”
Rob Roy 2005
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Odd, but I put a trick on ye, for I was out at the window-bole when your auld back was turned, and awa down by to hae a baff at the popinjay, and I shot within twa on’t.
Old Mortality 2004
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I hae news to tell ye, and ye'll cool and come to yourself, like MacGibbon's crowdy, when he set it out at the window-bole. "
Rob Roy — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801
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I hae news to tell ye, and ye'll cool and come to yourself, like MacGibbon's crowdy, when he set it out at the window-bole. "
Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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