Lexicographical Neighbors of Draunt
Literary usage of Draunt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"To drivel and draunt, . While I sigh and gaunt, Give* me good reason to scorn thee.
... an' black horning shame, To draunt and drivel oat a life at hame. ..."
2. Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness by Gaelic Society of Inverness (1895)
"From grumbling, however, the word came to mean any whining mode of speech, as in
the good Scots proverb— He that speaks with a draunt, And sells with a cant ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"(i) To drawl in speaking or reading; more properly, perhaps, spelled draunt (pronounced
like aunt). (2) A droning or drawling tone. ..."
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