devil

Example Sentences

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“Ohon! alas, for I was youngest,And aye my weird it was the strongest!The kevil it on me did fa’,Whilk was the cause of a’ my woe.

From A Collection of Ballads by Lang, Andrew

When on that boy the kevil fell To stay the fearsome noise, “Gae in,” they cried, “whate’er betide, Thou prince of button-boys!”

From Rhyme? And Reason? by Carroll, Lewis