kailyard

/ ˈkeɪlˌjɑːd /

noun

1. a variant spelling of kaleyard

Example Sentences

My favorite one has an imposing title: “Chambers Scots Dictionary: serving as a glossary for Ramsay, Fergusson, Burns, Scott, Galt, minor poets, Kailyard novelists, and a host of other writers of the Scottish tongue,” compiled by Alexander Warrack.

From New York Times

Her stories were often disparagingly dubbed "Kailyard fiction", a reference to the parochialism and sentimentality of the writing.

From BBC

Her stories were often disparagingly dubbed "Kailyard fiction", a reference to the parochialism and sentimentality of the writing.

From BBC

Fareweel my auld kailyard, ilk bush an' ilk tree!

From Project Gutenberg

But in the small hours of the morning, just as the clock was striking two, she heard a stealthy trampling in the field behind, as if some very heavy person were trying to tread very softly, and presently a mighty Giant stepped right over the wall into the kailyard.

From Project Gutenberg