downy
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She—SHE who would be the laughing-stock of them all—she had thought him a "locater," a "towny" from 'Frisco!
From Openings in the Old Trail by Harte, Bret
I honour it for its obstinacy, and trust that it will be long before it shall have the wicked, busy, towny appearance of the Modern Babylon.
From About London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
Chicky, cuckoo, my little duck, See-saw, sickna downy; Gallop a trot, trot, trot, And hey for Dublin towny!
From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)
But to revert to less "towny" and much more interesting matters passing on board.
From A Boy's Voyage Round the World by Smiles, Samuel
A'body kens that it's just ca'ed after the little towny there, that stands on the north side o't.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
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