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hieland

/ ˈhiːlənd /

adjective

  1. a variant of Highland
  2. characteristic of Highlanders, esp alluding to their supposed gullibility or foolishness in towns or cities
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

This day he strode resplendent in plaid knee socks, plaid kilt, a murderous Hieland dirk swung at his hip, short jacket the breast of which blazed with medals, and long black locks caught up under a cap.

"There's beds and bowsters in my father's house,45 There's sheets and blankets, and a' thing ready, And wadna they be angry wi' me, To see me lie sae wi' a hieland laddie."

Tho' there's beds and beddin in your father's house, Sheets and blankets and a' made ready,50 Yet why sud they be angry wi' thee, Though I be but a hieland laddie?

The Lawland lads think they are fine, But the hieland lads are brisk and gaucy; And they are awa near Glasgow toun, To steal awa a bonnie lassie.

Out bespak the Earl of Hume, And O but he spak wondrous sorry,—30 "The bonniest lass about a' Glasgow toun, This day is awa wi' a hieland laddie."

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