maud
Example Sentences
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She put a new candle in her lantern; she changed her shawl for a maud, and leaving the door on latch, she sallied out.
From Half a Life-Time Ago by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
As Lockhart truly says, Hogg "was the most extraordinary man that ever wore the maud of a shepherd."
From Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy by Andrew Lang
"Yes; go on, you; I coom py undt py; I dtink t'ere iss vun maud come into dot gardten, vhat I haf not pefore seen since more as acht years, alreadty!"
From Strong Hearts by George Washington Cable
Here! roll thee in my maud, lad, and lay thee down on this sheltered side of this bit of rock.
From The Half-Brothers by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Hogg was perhaps the most remarkable man that ever wore the maud of a shepherd.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
