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Corresponding to the Lowland saying, ` ` Mony ane speirs the gate they
The Waverley 1877
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My lord never sets his nose intil the gairden, or speirs -- no ance in a twal -- month, hoo's things gangin 'on.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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Only gin the mistress speirs onything aboot it, what am I to say? '
Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864
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"I'll ken them 'at speirs afore I tell," she replied sullenly.
Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864
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[Corresponding to the Lowland saying, 'Mony ane speirs the gate they ken fu' weel.]
Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Walter Scott 1801
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[Footnote: Corresponding to the Lowland saying, 'Mony ane speirs the gate they ken fu' weel. ']
Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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[Footnote: Corresponding to the Lowland saying, 'Mony ane speirs the gate they ken fu' weel. ']
Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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[Footnote: Corresponding to the Lowland saying, 'Mony ane speirs the gate they ken fu' weel. ']
Waverley Walter Scott 1801
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Imagine how different the company looked before the prime finance, nationwide finance, speirs and hanover transactions.
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"'Hoo do I ken that?' she speirs, rale sensibly, I thocht, for men's no sae easy to get.
A Window in Thrums 1898
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