bairn

Example Sentences

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“Tunes hiv been whirlin aroon in the air an in ma heid an hairt since I wis a bairn, an I wis composing tunes an songs even then,” she wrote in her book.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2022

It would take more than 50 years for vital clues to the identity of the "unknown bairn" to finally be revealed.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2022

Twa gods guides me: the ane of tham is blin, Yea and a bairn brocht up in vanitie; The next a wife ingenrit of the sea, And lichter nor a dauphin with her fin.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2012

And when they get it, songs such as the breathless U Know Me ought to destroy dancefloors quicker than you can say "by 'eck you yampie bairn".

From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2010

But we heard a coyote howl upwind and we heard a cow bawling for her late weaned bairn.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck