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- adjective
superlative form ofauld : mostauld .
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Examples
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But there was no question of his ever dying anywhere but in his auld American wooden house, in the auldest part of
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Her auldest laddie's been awa 'oot amon' the Reed Indians, or some o 'thae ither lang-haired, naked fowk' at never wash themsel's; an 'they say he's made a heap o' bawbees.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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I hae freends con-nekit wi 'the auldest clans, and though I'm, in a mainner o' speakin ', i' the tail o 'Doom, as I was i' the tail o 'his faither afore him -- peace wi' him, he was the grand soger!
Doom Castle Neil Munro
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See where the first stream o light fasits upon Donagilds round towerthe auldest tower in the Castle o Ellangowanthats no for naething!
Chapter XLVI 1917
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Shetland hose, and mittens, thread, and patent shears, measuring, and all other particulars belonging to our trade, which he said, at long and last, after we had joked together, was a power better one than the farming line; and he promised to bind his auldest callant 'prentice to me to the tailoring trade.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Various 1909
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` ` There's the Laird o 'Dunder, ane o' the auldest families in
The Black Dwarf 1898
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Syne Jean, the auldest lassie, gets up frae the table an 'lifts the jug or the plates an' gaes awa ben to the east room for what's wanted.
A Window in Thrums 1898
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"I'm the dame's auldest neighbor," he had said at the Red Lion that afternoon, when the event of the night previous had been discussed.
The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892
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The auldest o 'them said to her mither: "Mither, bake me a bannock, and roast me a collop, for I'm gaun awa' to seek my fortune. "
Blue Fairy Book 1889
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It's the auldest bank in Soho, an 'there's nane atween you and the head o' it.
Winter Evening Tales Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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