Lexicographical Neighbors of Saunts
Literary usage of Saunts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Ev'n godly meetings o' the saunts, The corps is no nice of recruits ; , ...
Davie Bluster, Davie Bluster, if for a saunt ye do muster, O' tang syne saunts. ..."
2. The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last by Walter Scott (1833)
"But ye maun ken the great ancient families canna he just served wi' the ordinary
saunts, (praise to them!) like Saunt Anthony, Saunt Cuthbert, and the like, ..."
3. Scottish Notes and Queries by John Malcolm Bulloch (1890)
"They had a self-righteous air, however, and were looked upon as unco guid, and
derisively spoken of as Sandy Lyon's saunts. It is told that Sandy Nicol, ..."
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