Lexicographical Neighbors of Stirrah
Literary usage of Stirrah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"A stirrah, at the age fifteen, I had the Gentle Shepherd seen, . The boast o'
Allan's pen. Ibid. p. SI. 2. A term of contempt, apparently corrupted from ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1879)
"In the sixth there is ' she' for ' scho,' ' stir' for ' sir,' ' stirrah' for '
sirrah ' being frequently used by Fergusson,—'yell gar,' for ' ye gar,' and ..."
3. Scottish Vernacular Literature: A Succinct History by Thomas Finlayson Henderson (1910)
"... weel ca'd thro' tasts; rom's Had help'd to gust the stirrah's mow, .ti!r°ng e,e. ..."
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