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Examples
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And ae bonnie lassie, his dautie and mine. [one, darling]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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"Sit ye there, my dautie, till they all see you"; and forthwith he brought them all.
Stories of Childhood Various 1885
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"It's a trowth -- but a sair pity, my dautie _ (daughter -- darling) _."
Salted with Fire George MacDonald 1864
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I 'the name o' God, the saviour o 'men, I tell ye, dautie, the day' ill come whan ye'll smile i 'the vera face o' the
Salted with Fire George MacDonald 1864
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"Weel ken I, my dautie, that he disna ken better; but I canna help thinkin he's maybe no that far frae the waukin.
Salted with Fire George MacDonald 1864
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-- But I ken weel hoo the hert o 'ye 's workin, my ain auld dautie! "he added, anxious to comfort her who was dearer to him than son or daughter.
Salted with Fire George MacDonald 1864
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