Definitions
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- adjective (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
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Examples
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The sorrow of that moment will never be forgotten; indeed, I cannot even now think of my little pet with undimmed eyes -- he was a moment before so full of life and beauty, so fearless, such a "sonsie" little fellow; and then to hold the little golden green body in my hand and watch the fast-glazing eye, and think that I should never again have my cheery little friend to greet me and be glad at my coming, was one of those sharp pangs that true lovers of nature alone can understand.
Wild Nature Won By Kindness Elizabeth Brightwen
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And, "she added with a divine little pout," you haven't told me I was 'sonsie' or 'bonnie' once. "
Condensed Novels: New Burlesques Bret Harte 1869
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The Burns supper traditionally sees the triumphant entrance of the haggis - accompanied by bagpipes - which is greeted with the recitation of Burns's Address To A Haggis: 'Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,/Great chieftain o 'the puddin-race!
Burns night address to the Tunnock's snowball The Nag 2009
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Fair fa 'your honest, sonsie face & Welcome to America
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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Fair fa 'your honest, sonsie face & Welcome to America
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Fair fa 'your honest, sonsie face & Welcome to America
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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Fair fa 'your honest, sonsie face & Welcome to America
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News at Eleven Back Page: Fair fa' your-honest sonsie face
News at Eleven (Back Page): Fair fa' your-honest sonsie face, Rus Bowden 2007
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Poetry & Poets in Rags: News at Eleven Back Page: Fair fa' your-honest sonsie face
News at Eleven (Back Page): Fair fa' your-honest sonsie face, Rus Bowden 2007
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The patient replies: Fair fa your honest sonsie face
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
super-rb commented on the word sonsie
sonsie- fat
October 17, 2008
bilby commented on the word sonsie
There's a wee bit more to the picture, RB. See sonsie in the Dictionary of Scots Language.
April 15, 2009