sonsy
Example Sentences
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Sarah was delighted, so was the nurse—a young sonsy Scotch lass brought to the station on purpose to attend to baby.
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Gordon Stables
In the green valley of the Yarrow, near the castle-keep of Norham, dwelt an honest, sonsy little family, whose only grief was an unhappy son, named Robin.
From Fairy Book by Sophie May
I know it will be said of Lord Lufton himself that, putting aside his peerage and broad acres, and handsome, sonsy face, he was not worth a girl's care and love.
From Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
She tied up her sonsy beast, that was, like herself, fat as pats of butter, to the yettpost of the miser's garden.
From Deep Moat Grange by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
A change came over her sonsy, smiling face.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
