lintie
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Or the sang o' the lintie, Whan wooin' his bride?
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
The laverock and the lintie, The robin and the wren; Gin ye harry their nests, Ye'll never thrive again.
From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Ford, Robert
An' noo, to that melodious play, A' deidly awn the quiet sway— A' ken their solemn holiday, Bestial an' human, The singin' lintie on the brae, The restin' plou'man.
From A Lowden Sabbath Morn by Stevenson, Robert Louis
The nest o' a lintie I fondly explored, And plundering bykes was the game I adored; My pleasures did vary, as I was unsteady, Yet I always found something that pleased when a laddie.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
By these remarks I mean to express the feeling that the word lintie conveys to my mind more of tenderness and endearment towards the little songster than linnet.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman
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