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Definition of Souters
1. souter [n] - See also: souter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Souters
Literary usage of Souters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ballads of Scotland by William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1858)
"THE souters OF SELKIRK. DURING the reigns of the James's, and even earlier, ...
The antiquity of the song has been denied, and the ire of the souters much ..."
2. The Scottish Songs by Robert Chambers (1829)
"IT'S up with the souters o' Selkirk, And doun wi' the Earl o' Hume! And here is
to a' the braw laddies That wear the single-soled shoon ! ..."
3. Poems of Places by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1876)
"UP wi' the souters o' Selkirk, And down wi' the Earl of Home; And up wi' a' the
braw lads, That sew the single-soled ..."
4. Songs, by the Ettrick shepherd by James Hogg (1831)
"THE souters O' SELKIRK WAS written at the request, and for the singing, of Dr
Clarkson of ... UP wi' the souters o' Selkirk, The sons of an auld pedigree! ..."
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