shields
Example Sentences
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"Troth, gudewife, just ane o' thae writer chields that buys a' thing—they ca' him Glossin, I think."
From Guy Mannering by Scott, Walter, Sir
Ane of the big sacks o' siller—a' gowd, ye maun ken, which them gawky chields and my ain sell were lifting to your honor's chaumer, cam down on her head!
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
Baith o' them fine humane chields, though, without a grain o' pride.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
The like happened, about twenty years syne, at Badger Hollow, where twa puir chields were covered up till their skulls had grown white aneath their bannets.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
The noise the maitter o' twenty chields like Sandy cud mak' wi' their buit soles wud fair deave a hale neeperhude.
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
