Lexicographical Neighbors of Dirdums
Literary usage of Dirdums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"Humph ! it's juist because—juist that the dirdums a' about yon man's pock-
manty.—SCOTT : Rob Roy. ..."
2. The Bards of Galloway: A Collection of Poems, Songs, Ballads, &c., by by Malcolm M'Lachlan Harper (1889)
"Waes me ! they're sair to bide, luve, The dirdums ane maun dree, The feelings
wunna hide, luve, Wi' saut tears in the e'e. And yet the ills o' life, luve, ..."
3. The Poets of Clackmannanshire: With Numerous Specimens of Their Writings by James Beveridge (1885)
"My ain wife an' me do sometimes look back, An' on our bits o' dirdums at times
ha'ea crack; Syne gar the lessons frae the ..."
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