Lexicographical Neighbors of Cannie
Literary usage of Cannie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern Literary Messenger (1859)
"He is my grandfather," returned cannie in her sweet voice; "and he is not far—shall
I call ... I scarcely knew I was speaking so—calling you plain ' cannie. ..."
2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"1 maun guide it [my penny-fee] cannie, S. Behind yon hills t The wife slade canine
to her bed, ... WÍ' cannie care, they've plac'd them To lye that night. ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley (1897)
"7»>; "and cannie wale." 241; (4) expertly : " nickin down fu' cannie," 135.
canniest, quietest : " the canniest gate, the strife il saír," 241. ..."
4. Rhymes of Northern Bards: Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs by John Bell (1812)
"THE bonny pit laddie, the cannie pit laddie, The bonny pit laddie for me, OI He
sits in his hole as black as a coal, And brings the white siller to me, O ! ..."
5. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of by Ezra Scollay Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher, Edward Everett Parker, Lewis Publishing Company, Lewis publishing company, Chicago (1908)
"This name is variously spelled Cany, CANNEY Canny, Canne, cannie, Canie, Kenny,
and all the bearers of this name in New England are supposed to be ..."
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