sonsy

Example Sentences

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Susan Fergusson at five-and-forty was sonsy to the last degree.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

"Fair fa' yer honest, sonsy face, Great chieftain o' the puddin' race."

From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mill, Mrs. (Jean Oliver)

Better rough an' sonsy than bare an' donsy.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

Don't be sorry!—" said Faith, looking as fearless and sonsy as any real piece of mignonette that ever shook its brown head in the wind;—"I wouldn't tell you, only you must see it.

From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan

David, as he trudged sorrowfully homeward across the fields, carried with him the mental picture of a plump, sonsy woman, in a trim dress of plum-coloured homespun and ruffled blue-check apron, haloed by candlelight.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)