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An inch o' a nag is worth a span o' an aiver.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
"Yet aft a ragged cowte's been known To mak a noble aiver; So, ye may doucely fill a throne, For a' their clish-ma-claver."
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
Ye mind what he said o' Prince Geordie: 'Yet mony a ragged cowte's been known To mak a noble aiver; And ye may doucely fill a throne, For a' their clishmaclaver.
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
A saft aiver was ne'er a gude horse.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
It was also a horse in the Scotch dictionaries, and in one of Burns' poems, "A Dream," he alludes to a horse as a "noble aiver."
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 by Elverson, James
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