Lexicographical Neighbors of Burdies
Literary usage of Burdies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia by John Mactaggart (1876)
"The following poem, termed the Tu-a burdies, I give, for why, it hath very little
poetic merit, ... Twa burdies 'neath the easle o' an auld house. ..."
2. The Complete Works of Robert Burns (self-interpreting) by Robert Burns (1886)
"A winnock bunker i' the east, There sat Old Nick in shape o' beast. Bunter, a
worthless woman. burdies, birdies, damsels, girls. ..."
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