sark
Example Sentences
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They leave not spindle, spoon, nor speit, Bed, blanket, bolster, sark, nor sheet, John o’ the Park Rypes kist and ark; For all sic wark He is richt meet.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert
"Here is a silken sark," he said, "Thy ain hand sewed the sleeve; And ye must gae to the merry green woods,35 To Johnie Scot thy love."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
I hadna a plack in my pouch That night I was a bride; My gown was linsey-woolsey, And ne'er a sark ava; And ye hae ribbons and buskins, Mae than ane or twa.'
From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)
Ye see she was up sune i' the mornin' to begin to the darnin' o' Jamie's stockins an' to warm his sark at the fire afore he put it on.
From A Window in Thrums by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
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)
