dizen
Example Sentences
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Ye had five cogs, a dizen o' bickers, twa dizen o' piggins, three bowies, four cream dishes, and twa ladles, besides the wooden spoons that I packed up mysel.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various
I dinna consort wi' shoplifters, an' idiots, an' suckin' bairns—wi' long nose, an' short nose, an' pug nose, an' seventeen Deuks o' Wellington, let alone a baker's dizen o' Queens.
From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas
O man," said he to Robin, "I wad pay ye half a dizen bottles o' wine wi' as great cheerfu'ness as I raise this glass to my lips.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various
Ye think ye've a hard time o't, but there's waur things than sewin' jackets at thirteenpence the dizen.'
From The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow by Swan, Annie S. (Annie Shepherd)
Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings which dizen the proud?
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
