Lexicographical Neighbors of Shavie
Literary usage of Shavie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvest of the Sea by James Glass Bertram (1885)
"Curer—Well, shavie, ye've had a pretty good fishing this year. ... shavie senior—Fat
are ye gaun till offer ? Curer—Same as last. ..."
2. The Harvest of the Sea: Including Sketches of Fisheries & Fisher Folk by James Glass Bertram (1873)
"shavie junior—Fat are ye gaun till offer ? Curer—Same as last. ... shavie senior—Na
na, Maister Cowie; that winna dee ava man. Curer—Fourteen shillings a ..."
3. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"And so to fortune I must leave ye, I wish she play not you a shavie. ... To Work
one a shavie, id. I have omitted to mark the place where I found the ..."
4. The Harvest of the Sea: A Contribution to the Natural and Economic History by James Glass Bertram (1869)
"Bowed shavie—Fat d'ye say, man ? Curer—Fourteen shillings a cran ... Bowed shavie—Gie's
oor five shillin' then, an we're fixed wi' you an' clear o' a' ither ..."
5. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Let him be planted in my place, That play'da Dame a shavie The Jolly Beggars.
... У I. I play'd my fillie sic a shavie, . . . The Inventory. ..."
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