bairn
Example Sentences
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He recalled that officers met a woman in the street in a "distressed state" who cried out "Oh God! It's the bairn, they've found the bairn" at about 10:30 on 8 October.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2023
“Tunes hiv been whirlin aroon in the air an in ma heid an hairt since I wis a bairn, an I wis composing tunes an songs even then,” she wrote in her book.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
Twa gods guides me: the ane of tham is blin, Yea and a bairn brocht up in vanitie; The next a wife ingenrit of the sea, And lichter nor a dauphin with her fin.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2012
And when they get it, songs such as the breathless U Know Me ought to destroy dancefloors quicker than you can say "by 'eck you yampie bairn".
From The Guardian ● Dec. 11, 2010
But we heard a coyote howl upwind and we heard a cow bawling for her late weaned bairn.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
