sonsie
Example Sentences
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Zara herself seems a fresh and sonsie young woman who has emulated her mother as a world-ranking equestrian.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 30, 2011
Indeed, guidman," replied Grizzel, "it is as sonsie a lass bairn as ever I saw in my life, and a's richt.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 by Various
His honest, sonsie, baws’nt face, Ay gat him friends in ilka place.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
Sandy remarked, "Ye wadna think, noo, sic a sonsie doggie wad be leevin' i' the murky auld kirkyaird."
From Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson
Syne she saw the sonsie puppy loupin' at Auld Jock's heels, bonny as a poodle, but mair knowin'.
From Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson
