Lexicographical Neighbors of Trewsmen
Literary usage of Trewsmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical Geography of the Clans of Scotland by Thomas Brumby Johnston, James Alexander Robertson, William Kirk Dickson (1899)
"These "uncanny trewsmen" — the phrase is Robert Baillie's1—seem to have been a
source of considerable anxiety to their friends. It is curious to note that ..."
2. Montrose and Covenanters: Their Characters and Conduct, Illustrated from by Mark Napier (1838)
"On the march twelve Highlanders, some of Argyle's " uncanny trewsmen," came to
Montrose with this message from their master, that he had ordered a regiment, ..."
3. Memorials and Letters Illustrative of the Life and Times of John Graham of by Mark Napier (1862)
"The covenanting Baillie records, with the greatest glee and admiration, the vast
service to their cause of Argyle's " uncanny trewsmen," and how their chief ..."
4. A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott, Sr. (2001)
"Teil care an they did,' said Donald, ' an that were the warst o't, for we have
a wheen canny trewsmen here that wadna let us want if there was a horned ..."
5. The History of Scotland from Agricola's Invasion to the Extinction of the by John Hill Burton (1898)
"... to our neutralists or masked friends, to make all without din march forward,
lest his uncanny trewsmen should light on to call him up in the rear. ..."
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