Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Made of coarse linen.
- noun A very coarse kind of linen.
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Examples
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“Weize a brace of balls through his harn-pan!” said a second.
Rob Roy 2005
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They added that we would be sleeping in the hay harn, but there must be no smoking.
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A huge manure pile was discretely placed behind the harn.
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The child shoveled down grilled harn and scrambled eggs as if she had not eaten for a month.
A Place Called Freedom Follett, Ken 1995
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Her cutty sark, o 'Paisley harn, [short-shift, coarse linen]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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` ` Weize a brace of balls through his harn-pan! '' said a second.
Rob Roy 1887
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He only prayed that it might sink down through his “_harn-pan_” (his skull).
Spare Hours John Brown 1846
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'Can you blo' a harn? 'asked the guard, disengaging one of the coach-lamps.
Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens 1841
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As coarse as Nancie's harn sark, -- three threads out o 'the pound.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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"Weize a brace of balls through his harn-pan!" said a second.
Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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