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Examples
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De tombako grous shust lyk de dockins en de bak o de lairts yart an de skeps dey kum fra ilka place an bys dem an gies a hantel o silder an gier for dem.
An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America 1893
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Chance threw in his way a cannie young lass, baith gude an 'bonnie, an' wi 'a hantel o' siller.
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush Susanna Moodie 1844
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I ha'e laid by a hantel o 'siller for a rainy day, an' this I maun gi'e ye to win a farm for yoursel 'in the woods of Canada.
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush Susanna Moodie 1844
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Some hae a hantel o 'fauts, ye're only a ne'er-do-weel.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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