Lexicographical Neighbors of Gladdie
Literary usage of Gladdie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of (1875)
"... -gladdie." Trans. Devon. Assoc., 1866, p. 18. Rock—" gladdie. The yellow hammer.
... [" gladdie " is used about Looe. ..."
2. The Peasant Speech of Devon: With Other Matters Connected Therewith by Sarah Hewett (1892)
"The custom prevailed very recently at Holsworthy, Okehampton, and South Molton,
but has now quite fallen into desuetude. gladdie = a fool. ..."
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