Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name for the cat (like
reynard for the fox, bruin for the bear, etc.).
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Examples
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“Naebody but mysell and baudrons,” said the old woman.
The Black Dwarf 2004
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` ` Naebody but mysell and baudrons, '' said the old woman?
The Black Dwarf 1898
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For me, no venerable spinster hoarded in the Trongate, permitting herself few luxuries during a long protracted life, save a lass and a lanthorn, a parrot, and the invariable baudrons of antiquity.
Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878
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"Naebody but mysell and baudrons," said the old woman.
The Black Dwarf Walter Scott 1801
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Auld baudrons by the ingle sits, [Old pussy, fireside]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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What better man will speer your price? or think ye that I've groats laid by to buy a puggy or a puss baudrons for my maiden lady? "
Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Sarah Tytler 1870
qms commented on the word baudrons
Another morning spent shivering in the Scottish annex to the English language, warmed only by the thought of Irish poetry.
Yeats' passions included some odd ones:
His myths and his spirits - his Maude Gonnes.
But even old Willie
Was never so silly
As to join in the worship of baudrons.
March 7, 2014