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Definition of Dreich
1. dreary [adj] - See also: dreary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dreich
Literary usage of Dreich
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)
"A dreich road, 8. In this sense A. Bor. dree is used; "long, seeming tedious beyond
... in Addit. that "to follow on dreich, the person whom we follow. ..."
2. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1881)
"Robin laddie, ye're dreich i' the draw. Hech Sirs ! isn't awfu' that lassies maun
want, An' hing on the nail till they're ..."
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