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Definition of Cairds
1. caird [n] - See also: caird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cairds
Literary usage of Cairds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1826)
"You'll fin1 a pack o' cairds in mony o' the houses—but no in them a'—for some gude
... But I was sayin' that there are heads o' families that abhor cairds, ..."
2. Highways and Byways of the South by Clifton Johnson (1904)
"If yo' play cairds, yo're boun' to bet, an' sooner or later yo're boun' to run
... But I've seen cairds played. I've been up all night mixin' the drinks for ..."
3. Records of the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland: With Extracts by Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland) (1880)
"... of old broad cairds, ther was ane universall complaint of the comissioners
against him that he haveing obtained ane patent for the ..."
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