tinsel
Example Sentences
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"In troth, ye garr'd my heart loup to my very mouth—But it canna be your ainsell, for ye look taller and mair manly-like than ye used to do."
From Old Mortality, Volume 2. by Scott, Walter, Sir
"Now, Cot forgie your honour," said Janet; "for it is no like your ainsell to give such names to a faitherless bairn."
From Chronicles of the Canongate by Scott, Walter, Sir
The judgment of Heaven ye predicated for us, seems to have fallen on your ainsell, and to have laid you low, even afore our arm could touch you.
From The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison
Meg answered somewhat sullenly, “Ye may be mista'en, for a' that, your ainsell, for as wise as ye are, Mr. Bindloose; I shall hae that matter mair strictly enquired into.”
From St. Ronan's Well by Scott, Walter, Sir
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