bonny
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The TV star wrote on Instagram he had had a "bit of a prang" but insisted things were "all nice and bonny".
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2020
A bonny place, in the local argot, it’s also the birthplace of Donald Trump’s mother, Mary Anne MacLeod.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2018
“It’s bonny, happy, chirpy, fun,” director Richmond says of the score, noting that it’s hardly what audiences will expect the witches to sing.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2018
Basically, Claire pulls the 18th century equivalent of a #yesallwomen campaign, and celebrates her victory by standing on a buttress and smiling vacantly at some wee bonny children.
From Time ● Aug. 16, 2014
Still, it was a June day to be blithe and bonny in.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
While some of his ban mots may have grown bonnier in telling, and others may be wholly apocryphal, who can say for sure?
From Time Magazine Archive
“Not a bit, and you never will. You’ve grown bigger and bonnier, but you are the same scapegrace as ever.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Yes, I think every one would say Elsie was the bonnier baby.
From Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) by Various
He isna nineteen yet; and my daughter Anne and him are bonnier than ony twa pictures that ever were hung up in the Duke o' Northumberland's castle.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various
Well, checked cloth is bonnier than black broadcloth to some people.
From An Orkney Maid by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
The prams of Britain are filled with the bonniest babies in living memory.
From Time Magazine Archive
So he suggested a cat instead, “the bonniest little cat ye ever did see.”
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
"That's the bonniest cup o' tea I've drank for mony a year, Miss," said he.
From The Mary Frances Cook Book Adventures Among the Kitchen People by Jane Earye Fryer
Monie a lord and gay ladie Sat dining in the ha',60 But the bonniest face that was there, Was waiting on them a'.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
“The first thing I did was to fall aff the flower-pot; but syne I came to, and says I, wi’ a polite smirk, ‘I’m thinking your leddyship,’ says I, ‘as you’re the bonniest yourself.’
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
