laird

Example Sentences

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We a' gaed awa' doon the yaird aboot half-past seven, to see a noo henhouse 'at Aleck had been tarrin' that efternune.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

Bandy took a bit tarry string, or tabaka or something, ooten his breeks pooch, an', nippin' aff a quarter o' a yaird o't, he into his moo wi't.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

He wud naither sit nor taste, and was half way doon the yaird afore I cud quiet him.

From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Maclaren, Ian

The "yaird" being the safest place where the ewes could be, the proverb means that a thing is quite right.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

But it was verra ill-bred to you, mem, I ken, to come throu your yaird ohn speirt leave.

From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George