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With steady aim some Fortune chase; Keen hope does ev’ry sinew brace; Thro’ fair, thro’ foul, they urge the race, And seize the prey; Then cannie, in some cozie place, They close the day.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

He was a very plain-looking Scotch lad and very cannie.

From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles

For the cannie Gowk, tho' he kens it a',     He winna' say!

From Songs of Angus and More Songs of Angus by Jacob, Violet

Whereupon his lordship replied: 'Ay! ay! my cannie laddie! an' I was predestined to hang ye for't.'

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Bonnie wee thing, cannie wee thing,     Lovely wee thing, wast thou mine, I wad wear thee in my bosom,     Lest my jewel I should tine.

From A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers by Various