lintie

/ ˈlɪntɪ /

noun

1. a Scot word for linnet

Example Sentences

But I have no need to be talking of Lintie to you, John Carr.

From Project Gutenberg

The birds too, mavis, lintie, and bulfinch, are caroling among the trees, as if their little hearts were filled with boundless joy.

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For now the sun, wi' cheerfu' rays Glows soft o'er a' thy woody braes, Where mony a native wild flower's seen, Mang birks and briars, and ivy green, An' a' the woodland chorists sing Or gleesome flit on wanton wing, Save where the lintie mournfully Sabs sair 'aneath the rowan tree, To see her nest and young ones a' By thoughtless reaver borne awa.'

From Project Gutenberg

Yellow-neb Lintie is a Scotch name given to it.

From Project Gutenberg

For I saw thee pluck the feathers from the wee lintie, and I have no wish that thou shouldst pluck the feathers from me.

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