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Examples
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_I_ hae bit thirty poun 'hained (saved) up i' my kist.
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
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Nanse, out of her wages, had hained a trifle; and I had, safe lodged under lock-and-key in the Bank of
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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Indian, and not the British kind -- the expense of outlay being ill hained, even at sixpence a yard -- the latter not standing the washing, but making
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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Indian, and not the British kind -- the expense of outlay being ill hained, even at sixpence a-yard -- the latter not standing the washing, but making
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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To grace the lad, her weel-hained kebbuck, fell; [48]
Selections from Five English Poets Thomas Gray 1743
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"Hear ye, man: can ye pay back the love that hained and saved to send them to Edinburgh?
The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887
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All that he made in this way was not much to be sure -- threepence a dozen on the eggs, perhaps, and fourpence on the pound of butter -- still, you know, every little makes a mickle, and hained gear helps weel. [
The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885
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