gibes

Example Sentences

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"So gies a haund my trusty fiere/ and here's a haund o' thine;/ And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught/ For auld lang syne."

From The Guardian • Dec. 26, 2010

Suburban land values are soaring as more and more communities try to freeze out developers through restrictive zoning, and other "no growth" strate gies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though Gourlay gies her very little to come and go on, she slipped him a whole sovereign this morning, to keep his pouch.

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

What gies him that side-look, that fearfu girn, an' his slouchin walk!

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander

Is't no won'erfu', minister, the law o' compensation that oor Creator gies us, to reach a' through oor lives?

From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.