sark

Example Sentences

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At the hinder end, he got a clearness in his mind, sat up in his sark on the bed-side, and fell thinkin' ance mair o' the black man an' Janet.

From Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories by French, Joseph Lewis

Then loud, loud cry'd the Clerk Colvill, "O my head it pains me sair;" "Then take, then take," the maiden said, 25 "And frae my sark you'll cut a gare."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

There's ne'er a clean sark gae on my back, Nor yet a kame gae in my hair; There's neither coal nor candle licht55 Shall shine in my bouer for ever mair.

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

He'll burn their hooses, take their very claes, and strip them to the very sark.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)

‘When thou hast gotten thy turns well done, Then come to me and get thy sark then.’

From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank