Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ill-favored; ill-looking; ugly; repulsive.
- Mean; discreditable; disgraceful.
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Examples
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` ` He, the ill-fa'ard loon! '' answered Edie, with much frankness of manner --- ` ` there wad hae been little speerings o't had
The Antiquary 1845
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"He, the ill-fa'ard loon!" answered Edie, with much frankness of manner --
The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801
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"He, the ill-fa'ard loon!" answered Edie, with much frankness of manner --
The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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` ` puir auld Scotland suffers eneugh by thae blackguard loons o excisemen and gaugers, that hae come down on her like locusts since the sad and sorrowfu 'Union; it's the part of a kind son to bring her a soup o' something that will keep up her auld heart, --- and that will they nill they, the ill-fa'ard thieves! ''
Rob Roy 1887
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Scotland suffers eneugh by thae blackguard loons o 'excisemen and gaugers, that hae come down on her like locusts since the sad and sorrowfu' Union; it's the part of a kind son to bring her a soup o 'something that will keep up her auld heart, -- and that will they nill they, the ill-fa'ard thieves! "
Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Scotland suffers eneugh by thae blackguard loons o 'excisemen and gaugers, that hae come down on her like locusts since the sad and sorrowfu' Union; it's the part of a kind son to bring her a soup o 'something that will keep up her auld heart, -- and that will they nill they, the ill-fa'ard thieves! "
Rob Roy — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801
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