palaverous

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But lately a' was clad wi' snaw, Sae darksome, dull, and dreary; Now laverocks sing to hail the spring, And Nature all is cheery.

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

Ay, lass, when the Maid marches, and when the lift falls and smoors the laverocks we shall catch them in plenty.

From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew

Live upon love, as laverocks do on leeks.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

Oh, he gave to his love a silver wand,     Her sceptre of rule over fair Scotland;     With three singing laverocks set thereon     For to mind her of him when he was gone.

From Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

If the lift fa' the laverocks will be smoored.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander