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Definition of Pyets
1. pyet [n] - See also: pyet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyets
Literary usage of Pyets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glengoyne: Reminiscences of the Parish and Its People by William Gairdner (1900)
"pyets are nae canny beasts, an' it's nae mouze middlin' ether wi' them or their
... I dinna like pyets masel', an' I never liket them, though I ken fine ..."
2. Galloway Gossip Sixty Years Ago: Being a Series of Articles Illustrative of by Maria Trotter, Saxon, Robert De Bruce Trotter (1877)
"The Jamiesons were said to be greedy and inquisitive, and were known as " The
pyets " (or magpies). Young McGaw made an answer which was usually sung to the ..."
3. History of the Burgh of Dumfries by William McDowall (1867)
"Whilst the pyets, well pleased but exhausted with their exciting work and protracted
vigils, were separating at midnight, the Crows were preparing to hold a ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"... And whiles burnt up and blackened of the sun; Corbies and pyets have our eyes
out-ta'en, And plucked our beard and hair out one by one. ..."
5. The Bookman (1906)
"We are whiles scoured and sodden of the rain And whiles burnt up and blackened
of the sun : Corbies and pyets have our eyes out-ta'en And plucked our beard ..."
6. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"In this district magpies, or pyets, as they are called, were dreaded as birds of
ill-omen, even in the third decade of this century. ..."
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