dizen

Example Sentences

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I dinna consort wi' shoplifters, an' idiots, an' suckin' bairns—wi' long nose, an' short nose, an' pug nose, an' seventeen Deuks o' Wellington, let alone a baker's dizen o' Queens.

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas

O man," said he to Robin, "I wad pay ye half a dizen bottles o' wine wi' as great cheerfu'ness as I raise this glass to my lips.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various

Ye had five cogs, a dizen o' bickers, twa dizen o' piggins, three bowies, four cream dishes, and twa ladles, besides the wooden spoons that I packed up mysel.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various

What is the worth o' anything to me, puir auld deevil, that ha' no half a dizen years to live at the furthest.

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas

Ye think ye've a hard time o't, but there's waur things than sewin' jackets at thirteenpence the dizen.'

From The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow by Swan, Annie S. (Annie Shepherd)