cauld
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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It sleeps in the snaw and the cranreuch Wi a cauld cauld plaid to wear.
From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2010
"Aweel, aweel, then," said Nanny, "ye hae mair skill o' doctory than me, Jamie; but it's a very unnatural-like cure, to rub cauld snaw on a man perishin' wi' the cauld."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
"But, oh! the cauld beef an' the cheese that I crammed into his pockets, father," exclaimed Jeanie, running about the room in great agitation.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
Coffins stood round like open presses, That show’d the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish cantraip sleight Each in its cauld hand held a light.”
From Bygone Church Life in Scotland by Various
When he was set upon the horse, The lady him behind, Then cauld and eerie were the words The twa had them between.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
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