uncia
Example Sentences
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That is beyond our power, and it's an unca charge to hae every Crawford looking to you when hunting and fishing fails.
From Scottish sketches by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
"Ou, sir, the bairn aye held an unca wark wi' the supervisor, and it was generally thought he went on board the vessel with him."
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur
The gas bleezes brightly, you witness it nightly, Our ancestors lived unca lang in the dark; Their wisdom was folly, their sense melancholy When compared wi' sic wonderfu' modern wark.
From A Hundred Years by Post A Jubilee Retrospect by Hyde, James Wilson
“And at thae words,” said Waster Lunny, “my heart gae a loup, for Ezra is an unca ill book to find; ay, and so is Ruth.”
From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
"She was snod, but no unca snod," replied Weary. world, stiffly.
From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
