sonsy

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She tied up her sonsy beast, that was, like herself, fat as pats of butter, to the yettpost of the miser's garden.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

David, as he trudged sorrowfully homeward across the fields, carried with him the mental picture of a plump, sonsy woman, in a trim dress of plum-coloured homespun and ruffled blue-check apron, haloed by candlelight.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

John studied her face for a moment It was a sonsy and simple face, and her eyes were not unkindly.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil

She listened to the talk of the men with a faint smile about her weary lips, her eyes upon the sonsy range.

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas

Quoth Rab to Kate, My sonsy dear, I 've woo'd ye mair than half a-year, An' if ye 'd wed me, ne'er cou'd speer Wi' blateness, an' the care o't.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles