Lexicographical Neighbors of Pirnies
Literary usage of Pirnies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scottish Notes and Queries by John Malcolm Bulloch (1891)
"... and broad Kilmarnock or Tarn O'Shanter bonnets, or mayhap woollen pirnies for
head gear ; with moleskin or corduroy for working clothing, instead of the ..."
2. The Laird of Logan, Or, Anecdotes and Tales Illustrative of the Wit and by David Robertson, John Donald Carrick, William Motherwell, Andrew Henderson (1889)
"And with that, I gied my watch- seals a hit jingle, satisfied that it was not
very likely that ony ither of the pirnies of our town was ever kent in far- ..."
3. Algérie by Rozet (Claude Antoine), Ernest Carette (1856)
"C'est ce fort, augmenté par les Turcs, qui forma depuis le port d'Alger, et fit
toute la force de ce repaire de pirnies. Les Africains, traités par les ..."
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