Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Scotch form of
homely .
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Examples
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But must I live with hamely goods, while there's foreign gear sae fine,
The Smuggler 2000
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Oh! hame is aye hamely still, though poor at times it be,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Oh, hame is aye hamely still, though poor at times it be, vol. iv.,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Oh! hame is aye hamely, dear, though poor at times it be,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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What tho 'on hamely [Footnote: homely, plain] fare we dine,
Public Speaking Irvah Lester Winter
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Lord sake, madam, I ask your pardon, he said; I forgot but ye had been a bairn o my ainthe Captains sae hamely, he gars ane forget himsell.
Chapter LV 1917
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There's something hamely aboot a Scots hotel ye'll no find south o 'the border, and, as for a lodging, why there's nowt to compare wi'
Between You and Me Harry Lauder 1910
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It's just that there's more room, more time, more o 'maist o' the good things that make life hamely and comfortable, i 'the country than i' the city.
Between You and Me Harry Lauder 1910
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'Tis the hamely songs I gie 'em o 'the country they aye love best, I find.
Between You and Me Harry Lauder 1910
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Then there was a sitting room, as nice and hamely as you please, where I could rest and crack, whiles we were waiting in
Between You and Me Harry Lauder 1910
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