bairn

Example Sentences

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“Tunes hiv been whirlin aroon in the air an in ma heid an hairt since I wis a bairn, an I wis composing tunes an songs even then,” she wrote in her book.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2022

So it was that on 23 May 2022, 51 years after Ian Robertson had taken that walk along Tayport Beach, that the connection between the life and death of the unknown bairn was finally made.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2022

Twa gods guides me: the ane of tham is blin, Yea and a bairn brocht up in vanitie; The next a wife ingenrit of the sea, And lichter nor a dauphin with her fin.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2012

And when they get it, songs such as the breathless U Know Me ought to destroy dancefloors quicker than you can say "by 'eck you yampie bairn".

From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2010

“What is the matter?” he asked; “all the sunshine is gone. Do you really wish the bairn to go? Will it annoy you if she is left behind?”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë